British Pie Week

Whatever YOUR preference, British Pie Week, which this year runs from 4-10 March, is the perfect opportunity to celebrate all that’s brilliant about one of the nation’s favourite foods, by making pie a feature on your menu and creating British Pie Week offers – for example, perhaps thinking about which ales complement particular pies and offering added value Pie and a Pint special menu choices. And why not introduce a special ‘pie of the day’ such as one of Total Foodservice’s premium pies – Chicken, Leek and Wiltshire Ham or Steak, Mushroom and Irish Stout, both wrapped in delicious butter enriched shortcrust pastry? Or you could create your own special fillings and save valuable kitchen time by simply topping individual pie dishes with one of our ready to use puff pastry pie lids, or using our ready rolled puff or shortcrust pastry to encase your delicious fillings.

For your lunchtime customers, especially those who only usually have time to grab a quick bite, what about an array of mini pies to tempt their tastebuds? Who could resist a tender beef & Stilton or a succulent chicken and tarragon mini pie – or both – all warm and begging to be bitten into? Or for something a little more substantial, a Cheddar cheese & onion pie, oozing with creamy white sauce? If your customers don’t even have time to sit down and only pop in for something to grab and go, pie is still the answer. Why not offer them a classic meat & potato or chicken & mushroom pie, ready to go, hot or cold, in a silver foil tray. Of course if your customers do have a little more time, these scrumptious pies can be served with whatever accompaniments your customers prefer. We hear chips are popular!

 

Of course a pie isn’t just for main course. How empty would our lives be if we’d never invented apple pie? When we want an extra sweet hit our favourite pudding is Caramel Apple Pie – Bramley apples, custard and caramel, shortcrust pastry and crumble – three puddings rolled into one! Now do we have ice cream with that, smother it in custard or drown it in cream? Hmmm, decisions, decisions. No blog on pies would be complete if we didn’t mention the pork pie. Did you know that the British spend over £160m on pork pies annually? Clearly they’re something we love and at Total Foodservice we’ve got all bases covered from dainty 70g buffet pork pies and dinky 75g fruit-topped pork pies to chunky 205g premium hand raised hot water crust pork pies! Indulge your customers by putting pork pies on your menu – and don’t forget the mushy peas.

 

British Pie Week is a nationwide event and a chance to promote your business both locally and further afield. Don’t forget to let everyone know what you’re doing. Post plenty of pictures of pies and use the #BritishPieWeek in your social media accounts.