Filed under: Pies, Yorkshire Dales Food | Tags: drake, fruity, macefield, pear, pie, Pies, pork, skipton, stilton
Always dangerous when I’m passing a good butchers and I see PIES! popped into Drake & Macefield in Skipton to admire the new display counter!! not really, I could sense pies! and spotted a couple of slightly different pies at the back of the display “which are those I enquired?” “Pork, Stilton & Pear” was the reply, nom nom one I haven’t tried, so here it is, great firm pastry but not too hard, the warm contents oozing and dripping down the paper bag as I bit into a perfect looking pork pie but with just a hint of Stilton and a lovely fruity aftertaste, very nice for a change but you couldn’t live off em!!
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- Drake & Macefield Pork, Stilton & Pear
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- Drake & Macefield Pork, Stilton & Pear
Filed under: Food, Yorkshire Dales Food, butcher | Tags: Steak, pork, skipton, pie, settle, pudding, gravy, butcher, drake, macefield, kidney, steam
Drake & Macefield Butchers in Skipton & Settle produce my favourite Sausage Roll, they are very popular and always run out when I arrive so tried the pork pie and I spotted one last lonely Steak & Kidney pudding, had to try that as well and they were both excellent. You must try the Steak Pudding, full of steak and some nice chunks of kidney, enrobed in a rich meaty gravy and a light herb suet crust, steam over a pan of water for 20 minutes and make some rich gravy to go with it, fantastic!
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- Drake & Macefield Pork Pie
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- Drake & Macefield Steak & Kidney Pudding
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- Drake & Macefield Steak & Kidney Pudding
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- Steak Pudding Dinner
Filed under: Eating | Tags: best, challenge, kendalls, mushy, pateley, peas, pie, pork, skipton, stanforths
In the interest of research I have decided to willingly face the grueling task of endlessly testing and tasting the best of the best, Great British Pork Pie.
UPDATE:
Stanforths – Mill Bridge, Skipton
These pies are superb and world famous but you must observe the strict Skipton Stanforths pie eating ritual’s, that is, you must purchase and consume your pie immediately! the pie must be hot/warm! you must assume the position or posture for hot pie eating, bent forward slightly to prevent pie juice sloppage, tie and shirt stains et al, best eaten while walking along the canal tow path. A moist, peppery pork pie baked on the premises regularly throughout the day, Delicious.
The Celebrated Pork Pie Establishment
I will start with the Yorkshire Dales and my first report will be on those scrumptious pie makers from
T Kendall & Sons – Pateley Bridge
Well the various Kendall pies have been scoffed tested with the following observations:-
- Pork & Mushy Pea Pie – excellent pork and the green of the mushy peas looked well in the top of the pie but doesn’t taste any different to a normal pork pie, excellent all the same. 99p
- Pork & Apple Pie – very nice combination of excellent solid pork filling with very little jelly and a nice sweet/savoury mixture. 99p
- Pork, Stuffing & Apple Pie – or Farmhouse Pie, lovely layered effect when the pie is sliced, good short pastry, just enough apple and a nice layer of stuffing between two layers of pork, lovely stuffing flavour, excellent pie. 99p
- Pork & Pickle Pie – nice pickle smell, pie qualities as others but with a nice sweet chutney/pickle flavour, yummy… 99p
- Steak Plate Pie – a big family pie and full of big chunks of quality steak, no bits of fat and very good gravy and pastry. £4.75 excellent value easily feeds a hungry family of four.
General observations on Kendall’s of Pateley Bridge Pies, Very well filled, solid, no air space, very little jelly with a thin, crisp short pastry. Also additional fillings added subtly to the pie rather than completely smothering the quality pork pie, all made and baked on the premises with meat from own on site butchery.
The 10 year old assistant tester gave the pork & pickle and pork & mushy pea pies a thumbs up and said “100%, 5 stars and 10 out of 10″ ! great praise indeed… He wouldn’t touch the ones with Apple “coz that’s minging”!
The Fabulous foursome
Filed under: Eating, Food, Yorkshire Dales Food | Tags: apple, best, bridge, british, crust, mushy, pastry, pateley, peas, pickle, pie, pork, Steak, stuffing, tasting, Yorkshire
In the interest of research I have decided to willingly face the grueling task of endlessly testing and tasting the best of the best, Great British Pork Pie.
I will start with the Yorkshire Dales (should be plenty there to keep me going for a while & we can always increase the test area later!) and my first report will be on those scrumptious pie makers from Pateley Bridge – T Kendall & Sons.
You will have to check back for the results as they are still in the fridge! but a scientific tasting session will follow very soon….. Mmmm
Well the pies have been scoffed tested with the following observations:-
- Pork & Mushy Pea Pie – excellent pork and the green of the mushy peas looked well in the top of the pie but doesn’t taste any different to a normal pork pie, excellent all the same. 99p
- Pork & Apple Pie – very nice combination of excellent solid pork filling with very little jelly and a nice sweet/savoury mixture. 99p
- Pork, Stuffing & Apple Pie – or Farmhouse Pie, lovely layered effect when the pie is sliced, good short pastry, just enough apple and a nice layer of stuffing between two layers of pork, lovely stuffing flavour, excellent pie. 99p
- Pork & Pickle Pie – nice pickle smell, pie qualities as others but with a nice sweet chutney/pickle flavour, yummy… 99p
- Steak Plate Pie – a big family pie and full of big chunks of quality steak, no bits of fat and very good gravy and pastry. £4.75 excellent value easily feeds a hungry family of four.
General observations on Kendall’s of Pateley Bridge Pies, Very well filled, solid, no air space, very little jelly with a thin, crisp short pastry. Also additional flavourings added to the pie rather than completely smothering the quality pork pie, all made and baked on the premises with meat from own on site butchery.
The 10 year old assistant tester gave the pork & pickle and pork & mushy pea pies a thumbs up and said “100%, 5 stars and 10 out of 10″ ! great praise indeed… He wouldn’t touch the ones with Apple “coz that’s minging”!
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- Kendalls of Pateley Bridge, Pork & Mushy Pea Pie
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- Kendalls of Pateley Bridge Pork Pie
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- Kendalls Steak Pie
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- Kendalls of Pateley Bridge Pork & Apple Pie
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- Kendalls of Pateley Bridge Pork & Pickle Pie
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- Kendalls of Pateley Bridge Pork & Mushy Pea Pie
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- Kendalls of Pateley Bridge Pork, Stuffing & Apple Pie
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- The Fabulous foursome
Filed under: Eating, Food, Yorkshire Dales Food | Tags: 4, Beer Blogs, bitter, blonde, bowl, burger, business, channel, crab, fishcake, fox, haddock, mayonnaise, microbrewery, morrissey, neil, olde, pie, punch, risky, risotto, Steak
Tried lunch at Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn, Marton cum Grafton near Harrogate today. This is the pub taken over and reinvented by Neil Morrissey and Richard Fox. The pub doesn’t look much from the front but a lot of work has gone into the inside, exposed wooden beams, coal fires in 3 rooms and a modern curvy bar that all works well together. Outside the rear of the pub the outbuildings have been completely rebuilt and now house the Morrissey Fox microbrewery.
The Food… to start crab & coriander risotto, black pudding, potato and bacon terrine and the soup. for mains we tried Galloway Steak & Ale Pie, Aberdeen Angus Beefburger with Mrs Kirkham’s Cheddar and the Haddock Fishcakes with a rarebit topping. I asked for some Mayonnaise which was inspired as a ramekin of beautiful rich yellow homemade mayo arrived… Just the one Creme Brulee for Pud and an extra spoon (delivered without asking!) All the food was served with a smile, was delicious and demolished, if forced to pick a fault the soup was a bit average but otherwise I would recommend everything else we tried.
The Beer… to wash down the food we tried the Morrissey Fox Blonde and the Best Bitter, the Blonde is fantastic the Bitter was well… very bitter!
Great Food, Great service in a Great little pub.
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- Food & Beer Matching
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- Fish N’ Chips
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- Meet Steve the Brewer
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- Morrissey Fox Pumpkin
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- Ye Olde Punch Bowl Bar
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- Morrissey Fox Best Bitter
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- Galloway Steak and Ale Pie
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- Haddock Fishcakes
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- Aberdeen Angus Burger
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- Crab and Coriander Risotto
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- Blackpudding Bacon & Potato Terrine
Ye Olde Punch Bowl will feature on Channel 4 TVin “Neil Morrissey’s Risky Business” starting at 10pm on Tuesday the 28th October 2008, should be interesting and well worth a look. Daily Telegraph review of the show Neil Morrissey’s Risky Business.
PLEASE NOTE Ye Olde Punch Bowl has now CLOSED DOWN, October 2009
Filed under: Eating, Food | Tags: ale, bacon, Beer Blogs, ben, breakfast, butter, cobbler, crab, eggs, fort, garlic, hops, langoustine, lorne, nevis, pie, salami, sausage, scallops, scotland, scottish, seafood, Steak, tagliatelli, venison, william
Spent a couple of days in Fort William in the Highlands of Scotland last week, tried a few restaurants and cafes before scaling Ben Nevis, variety and quality of food varied but included some great local produce, fresh seafood, crab & langoustines (Scotland has some of the best Seafood but most is exported!) Scottish beef and venison and of course the odd Scottish Breakfast here are a few photos of the better ones. Food at the Glenelg Inn, Kyle of Lochalsh was particularly good let down only by the tomatoes!
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- Scottish Breakfast 1 with lorne sausage
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- Scottish Breakfast 2
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- Fresh Scottish Langoustines in garlic butter
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- Fresh dressed Scottish Crab starter
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- Venison Salami
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- Beef and mushroom cobbler, roasted veg and mash
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- Tagliatelle with fresh Scottish Scallops in a fish reduction
Also tried a few local ales which is essential carbo loading the night before a big walk! Some of the beers I can remember include the following selection.
Latitude 3.6% abv.
Latitude Pale Ale is a straw-coloured session ale with a pronounced fruitiness and hoppiness. Brewed with best Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt and a little of our own Atlas Lager Malt, this beer exhibits a brilliant, crystal-clear pale straw colour
Fraoch – Heather Ale 4.1% abv
A light amber ale with floral peaty aroma, full malt character, a spicy herbal flavour and dry wine like finish.
Kelpie 4.4% abv
Rich chocolate ale with an aroma of sea breeze, a distinctive roast flavour and a crisp salty finish. Perfect with seafood and breads. (This was really not to my taste not sure seeweed is suited to brewing!)
Deuchars IPA 4.4% abv
An extremely tasty and refreshing, amber coloured session beer. Hops and fruit are very evident and are balanced by malt throughout. (an old favourite of mine)
Red Cuillin 4.2% abv
Smooth, malty and slightly nutty; lightly fuggles-hopped for aroma. Named after the famous hills of the Isle of Skye, Red Cuillin is a premium ale, which has won many awards. Like the hills, it is rounded and pleasing.
Caledonian 80/’ 4.1% abv
A predominantly malty, copper coloured beer, well balanced by hop and fruit; a complex Scottish heavy with the hop characteristics of best bitter.
