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Since this thread has re appeared it is perhaps the spot to share a bit of a pork pie recco.
I saw earlier in the year that Dickinson and Morris were producing a small volume Herby apple pie for the Summer.
Well last Friday in Waitrose I spotted their own No1 branded version, produced by D&M/Walkers.
They had just that moment been put out and had 8 days remaining BB, so likely not had ages in cold chain logistics which is terminal for a pork pie.
Well, we cut it within an hour of purchase and it was very good.
The warm water pastry still having that fatty crystally crunch we look for.
Hand finished pies from D&M usually for us involve a trip to Melton and carry quite a premium so this for four quid and around the corner was stonking value.
Whilst not a big fan of tinkering with herbs and apple etc, this was probably the best supermarket pie I have encountered.
Worth a spin if you can catch em early ……the BB date facilitates your calculations.
The remaining portion after 3 days in the fridge was still more than OK, but had lost a bit of the magic.
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Got you, I was thinking more about paella or risotto rice, and I like the aquerella carnaroli rice for risotto for the record
The perfect rice blog has a bunch of rice related info but maybe not quite the level of rice geekery that you’re after
 
AJ Temple said:
For sushi, genuine Japanese (not Californian):

Toyama Koshihikari Japanese Grown Rice, 1kg
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Of all the expensive ones sold at Japan Centre and the like, that's the one I've had best luck with as well. You need a decent rice cooker and have to play around with number of washes and water levels (it requires a bit less than most) to get the desired result. Royal Umbrella Thai jasmine rice is also a good, solid, easily available rice.
 
Raymond Tilney said:
Since this thread has re appeared it is perhaps the spot to share a bit of a pork pie recco.
I saw earlier in the year that Dickinson and Morris were producing a small volume Herby apple pie for the Summer.
Well last Friday in Waitrose I spotted their own No1 branded version, produced by D&M/Walkers.
They had just that moment been put out and had 8 days remaining BB, so likely not had ages in cold chain logistics which is terminal for a pork pie.
Well, we cut it within an hour of purchase and it was very good.
The warm water pastry still having that fatty crystally crunch we look for.
Hand finished pies from D&M usually for us involve a trip to Melton and carry quite a premium so this for four quid and around the corner was stonking value.
Whilst not a big fan of tinkering with herbs and apple etc, this was probably the best supermarket pie I have encountered.
Worth a spin if you can catch em early ……the BB date facilitates your calculations.
The remaining portion after 3 days in the fridge was still more than OK, but had lost a bit of the magic.
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Well Ray, I concur. The first Waitrose I tried this morning didn’t stock them, and the second only had some reduced ones, BB today, but notwithstanding your caution above, I risked it. Quite the finest pork pie I can remember eating, certainly better than those from Ginger Pig, so I shall look forward to snagging a fresh one in due course.
 
Our WRose has just been upgraded.
We now have a sushi counter.
The veg are still crap but it is now possible to buy bagged salad with more than 1 day of shelf life.
This pie is a really good recommendation. Thank you.
 
Tried the pie. Ate a slice with some green tomato and courgette chutney I made a couple of days ago. Good pie - could have done with a little more jelly. Nice short pastry. I might get my self a pie raising mould. Got a couple of pigs heads coming in later this week along with a load of pork and some trotters. Shall investigate pork pie creation.

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Panettone is easy and cheap to make, especially if you have already stocked up on fruits for Christmas cake.

Good video:

I don't bother folding in the fruit by hand personally - just it chuck it in the stand mixer. Bakery Direct sell the paper moulds (if you don't have tins or silicone) and they are decent. £7.99 on river shop. Firoi di scilia is on-line too, though if you bake much you will have almond oil or essence and can steep lemon peel in it if you don't have lemon oil.
 
Last year we acquired several panettoni made by Cremeria Capolinea which were the best we’ve had in years, by some margin. (Usually we get the likes of Fiasconaro.) The catch is that they only seem to be available in the UK from Gelato Village in Leicester - pick up or local delivery only. (Gelato Village is run by a piemontese bloke called Antonio De Vecchi - but he’s no relation as far as I know.)
 
AJ Temple said:
Panettone is easy and cheap to make, especially if you have already stocked up on fruits for Christmas cake.

Good video:

I don't bother folding in the fruit by hand personally - just it chuck it in the stand mixer. Bakery Direct sell the paper moulds (if you don't have tins or silicone) and they are decent. £7.99 on river shop. Firoi di scilia is on-line too, though if you bake much you will have almond oil or essence and can steep lemon peel in it if you don't have lemon oil.
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Have you made it? I haven't because I don't have any love for it but a friend is a committed aficionado and tells me that really good Panettone is almost impossible to make at home.
 
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