You could be forgiven for overlooking the power of pie pastry flour in a Brockleby’s pie but, what would your plate of delicious and nutritious filling be without it? With provenance uppermost in our minds, we carefully choose our suppliers from within a 30 mile radius of The Bakery. We apply this ethos to the […]
Traditional beef farming with our Hereford suckler herd is what we do, alongside making pies of course! It’s a family affair, as it is with many farmers in the UK. The Jalland family has been farming in the Vale of Belvoir for over 500 years! We rear our own beef on the farm at Swan […]
Lovers of fruit dessert pies handmade by Brockleby’s will know that they do not taste artificially sweet or even overly sweet. It is sometimes necessary, on a batch by batch basis, to adjust the tastes and sweetness with a little help from Silver Spoon’s infamous sugar. Regular readers of The Slice will know that we […]
When making a Melton Mowbray pork pie the essential equipment is a dolly! What exactly is a dolly in the world of pork pies? You don’t need to be a connoisseur to know there is a world of difference in making pork pies by hand versus mass production. What is their role in making a […]
The Great British Food Awards in 2020 saw our Summer Isles Salmon pie receive the prestigious accolade ‘highly commended’ in the Savoury Bakes and Pie category. This was especially pleasing as the judge was none other than Raymond Blanc, Chef and Owner of Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons. Commendations such as this give cause for celebration for […]
Did you know that one in a hundred people in the United Kingdom suffer from coeliac disease? An adverse reaction to gluten in a person’s diet causes this health issue. Failure to ‘go gluten free’ can create unpleasant side affects for sufferers and potentially serious health problems. General opinion is that there are many more […]
Mention the Leicestershire market town of Melton Mowbray to food-lovers and many will make an immediate connection with the infamous pork pie. Historians believe that the pork pie evolved from a pasty. Many parts of the country used to cure the pork filling before using it in a pie thereby creating a pink colour on […]
We hand make Brockleby’s Pies using some of the finest ingredients you will find! We make it our business to source these ingredients, including cheese, from producers located close to us in Melton Mowbray. Hannah and John, two young farmers, supply us with the cheese which we use in three of our pies and the all-important […]
Food provenance is the term we use to describe the origins of our food such as where it has been grown, raised or caught. Additionally, it provides us with an understanding of how our food has been produced and transported. The different farming methods used to produce our food certainly affects the overall quality and […]
We don’t think there’s a better way to ease into the blustery autumn season than with a hearty handmade pie. Filled to the brim with rich venison, our Wild Deer Pie is an autumn essential. Ben Rigby provides the venison we use in our Wild Deer Pies. The business sources the best quality venison from […]