Mike and Colby’s Independent PP report for PPAP Producer:
Bradley’s Bakery, reputedly (own assessment) best pork pie,
Ashton-under-Lyne (www.thebestporkpie.com) Subjects: Two standard
and one 1arge stand pie, purchased warm. One standard eaten in the
field, others returned to base for detailed assessment/examination.
External appearance: Pale and slightly bulbous, not well glazed,
hole for gravy. Cross-section: Meat pink and well-textured
– granular and friable, gravy not full to hole but some
present in pie. Pastry for lid and sides thick and was quite
crumbly – evidence of pastry trimming re-use: multilayering in
lid. Taste: Meat up there with the best peppery, good porky taste
and nice texture. Gravy only added for moistness sake no flavour
at all (sampled separately in polystyrene cup for top up purposes).
Probably meat taste is the reason for local claims to greatness,
plus lack of competition this side of the Yorkshire border. Pastry
while quite tasty, was ultimately disappointing: too thick, very
hard in parts, undercooked and doughy others consistency was
not good needed more fat content, tended towards short crust
crumble rather than hot water ‘snap’. Summary: a good
tasting pie but plenty of room for improvement particularly in the
pastry more fat here please and thinner. The lack of flavour
in the gravy was also a missed opportunity.
Overall score:
Appearance: 6/10, flavour: 8/10 for meat, 2/10 for gravy, 4/10
pastry, general: 6/10 Grand score overall: 52% (certainly not
bestporkpie.com)
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