Pieminister Blog
We took Black Friday and turned it on its head, transforming our cafes and restaurants in to free pie pop-up shops – for Black Pieday. We gave away over 2000 pies, raising £1000’s for Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity. So we just wanted to say thank you to all of you who braved the read more …
Bristol folk have ever the reason to celebrate winter, with the arrival of the cold weather and a new weekend brunch menu at Pieminister to warm you up. And you can now get 50% off your brunch bill* during December weekends too. All you have to do is arrive between 10am-12pm any weekend until Sunday 18th December read more …
Christmas is our favourite time of year….. Cold weather, Christmas pies, mash, festive gravy, pigs in blankets, Christmas cocktails… you name it. We love it! So if you’re eating in any Pieminister restaurant from now until Christmas and want to win a box of 6 pies to enjoy at home (delivered direct to your door) read more …
You really should make a Blackberry & Apple Pie this weekend (today’s Apple Day, y’know). Everyone thinks they make the best blackberry and apple pie. Well, they don’t……Ange who used to work with in our kitchens, does. Her secret is to caramelise the apples in butter and spiced sugar first. And see if you can read more …
AKA Sailor Jerry’s hedonistic chocolate tart, this is about as excessively rich and naughty as food can get. It certainly proves that Oscar Wilde was right when he said, ‘Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.’ Serves 8 350g of sweet pastry 50g roasted hazelnuts 150g slightly salted butter, diced 150g dark chocolate, read more …
WARNING! This is not a middle-of-the-road suburban pie – pheasant and pig cheeks equals foodie ‘DynaMarmite’. This is a pie with plenty of front, attitude and bags of flavoursome fat. Serves 8-10 A brace of pheasants 25g butter 3 onions, diced 200g bacon lardons 2 tbsp plain flour Sea salt and black pepper For read more …
Serves 6 2 tbsp olive oil 2 red onions, cut into 8 wedges 3 garlic cloves, finely sliced 3 courgettes, sliced a pinch of dried chilli flakes a small bunch of rosemary, leaves picked and chopped a small bunch of thyme, leaves picked and chopped 400g can of chickpeas, drained 200g cherry tomatoes, cut in read more …
Top marks go to Freshers in Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Cardiff and Bristol, for choosing a Pieminister city to study in! To welcome you to your new city (and to mark the start of pie season) our Free Pie for Freshers van will be heading your way and treating you lucky students to free pie. So read more …
That’s what the judges said when they tried our two new gluten free pies at the Great Taste Awards. In fact, the judges unanimously agreed that they couldn’t even tell that our pastry was gluten free. High praise indeed! The great news is that these two pies are available now in selected Waitrose branches so read more …
We think that a lazy morning eating brunch while hanging out with friends or reading the paper is the best way to kick off a great weekend. So creating a brand new brunch menu was a dream job for our founder, Tristan. The menu is now available every weekend in our Bristol restaurants on Stokes read more …