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Pipers Farm Autumn Selection Pack

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 11:42AM

Filed in: Pipers Farm, Beef, Lamb, Chicken, Sausages, Easy Selection Pack, Venison, Bacon, Saddleback

With the imminent arrival of Autumn, barbecues are a distant memory and thoughts turn to a different style of cooking. And so, we present to you, our new Autumn Selection Pack! Full of simple, warming meals - whether you have your own favourite recipes or use ours on the labels. It's a really great value way to buy good quality meat, with 15% off our normal prices.

The pack includes our Unsmoked Saddleback Bacon, ideal for leisurely weekend breakfasts. It also has our Venison Braising Steak or Red Ruby Beef Braising Steak, Cubed Lamb and Diced Chicken. They are all packed full of flavour and can be used to make hearty casseroles or curries which will go a long way.

For when you've got less time we've also included some of our chef's ready meals, choose from our creamy Chicken with Lemon and Parsley or our recent Great Taste Award winner Ragu Bolognese. Either way, they're both ready in a few minutes from the freezer!

Our selection of Handmade Pies are the ultimate in Autumn comfort food and our Saddleback Pork Sausages make a lovely quick dinner. And there's also Red Ruby Beef Mince, a great freezer staple perfect to rustle up endless varieties of meals - fajitas, chillis, meatballs, cottage pies, lasagne...

A great selection that will keep you going for a while – the pack contains 56 portions at just £1.55 each!

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10 Mile Menu

Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 09:49AM

Filed in: Pipers Farm, Chicken

A few weeks ago, on a quiet Saturday morning, Henri received a phone call. It was John Burton Race asking if he could come, film crew in tow, and buy a chicken from us at the farm! He was taking part in ITV's 10 Mile Menu, where two celebrity teams had been tasked with cooking up a three course meal using ingredients sourced within a ten mile radius of Topsham. Surely enough, half an hour later he arrived in the 10 Mile Menu car, along with Kaye Adams, his team mate.

Peter took them through the way we produce our chickens, from the way we slowly grow them, to the fact we hang them for two weeks, to the careful butchery. Then, able to tick the chicken off of their shopping list, the pair rushed off to get the rest of their ingredients from other local producers, including our neighbour Gibson's Plaice along Magdalen Road.

Once in the kitchen later that day, the duo simply roasted the crown of our chicken with just a touch of seasoning. They used the rest of the bird to produce lovely chicken stock to add flavour to the accompanying pumpkin risotto. It was all served with spinach, cabbage and a creamy mushroom sauce and served up to the Topsham Ladies Cricket Team who were the judges for the day. See the full recipe here. They were all impressed with the quality and taste of the chicken. However the opposing team, made up of Aldo Zilli and Hannah Sandling, just managed to win with their overall menu!

To find out more about the programme and to see the two team's menus click here.