River Cottage Great Pies
Overview
Spend a day perfecting your pastry skills with this hands-on day of learning. You will be taught the tips and tricks to perfecting a variety of types of pastry including – hot water, rough puff, shortcrust and suet and how to use these to create comforting classics.
With expert tuition from the River Cottage chefs, you will discover that baking can be as easy as pie! Throughout your day you’ll bake up favourites such as pork pies, savoury suet pudding, pasties and quiches. And, as with all of our courses, you won’t leave hungry, enjoying some of your efforts for snacks and supper, taking the rest away to feed friends and family at home.
Highlights
– Hot water pastry for your homemade pork pie
– Rough puff pastry for a seasonal strudel
– Shortcrust pastry for an indulgent quiche
– Suet pastry for a classic steamed pudding
– Create a delicious pasty and practice your crimping skills
– Lunch featuring your suet pudding and sides from the River Cottage kitchen.
Your day
10:00 - 17:00
Make yourself at home
You will meet your host and settle in with tea, coffee and treats fresh from the kitchen.
SESSION ONE
Start your day by mastering hot water pastry and creating the perfect raised pork pie.
SESSION TWO
Next you'll move onto rough puff pastry. You'll use this buttery flaky pastry to make a sumptuous sausage roll
Session three
You'll tackle suet pastry and use this to make a pudding with a deliciously rich filling.
Lunch
Tuck into your suet pudding with a veggie side provided by the chefs as you reflect on your days work (and plan which pastry delight you'll be recreating at home first!)
Session four
Next you'll learn how to make shortcrust pastry, ready to finish it as an indulgent quiche.
Session Five
For the final creation of the day, you'll make a west country classic - the pasty. Filled with a delicious seasonal veg combination.
Departure
Chat to your fellow scholars and the River Cottage team, before heading back up the hill for 5pm with your pastry goods in hand.
Further Information
Directions
This course is run from River Cottage HQ on the Dorset/Devon borders. Full address details of HQ will be provided once you have booked.
Licensed Venue
We are a licensed venue. We have a wide selection of the finest organic wines available to purchase.
Accommodation
If you would like to stay at the heart of River Cottage, we offer overnight accommodation at River Cottage HQ in our beautiful 17th century farmhouse. We have three stylishly refurbished bedrooms for B&B plus the 2-bedroom Gardener’s Cottage. These get booked quickly so for more information go to rivercottage.net/stay to book. Alternatively, we have put together a list of our local accommodation which includes B&Bs, self-catering, hotels and camping.
Suitability
We would advise that this course is only really suitable for 12 years of age and upwards. Under 16s must be accompanied by a paying adult. We put these guidelines in place for the safety, comfort and enjoyment of all our guests.
Allergy Advice
Sorry, we’re afraid this course is not suitable for those with allergies or specific dietary requirements. However we do run courses that are gluten free, vegetarian and vegan friendly. Please get in touch if you have any questions or need further details.
