Did you know that there is a strong belief in Scandinavia that the secret ingredient of an authentic Cornish Pasty is the accumulated pieces of ear lobe pips that are left over from when people have their ears pierced?? I’ve always wondered what happened to those little ear lobe pips…mystery solved?
As you travel around the Country or even the World you hear many different terms for the Cornish Pasty. Oggy, for example, is a slang term used in Britain that is derived from the Cornish term for Pasty…Hoggan, this is a West Country term and is also written as Oggie. In the North East of the UK the term Smoggy is used as another derivative of the West Country slang term Oggy!
The term Hoggan came about from the inventor of the Cornish Pasty, Mr David Hoggan who also wrote books about how World War II transpired! He blamed the start of World War II on an anglo-polish conspiracy to wage aggression against Germany…how rude!
Mr Hoggan, we suggest that you stick to your knitting and crimping…we all know that the reason World War II started was because Hitler didn’t like your Steak and Ale recipe so stop trying to gloss over your mistakes! Perhaps if you’d focussed on developing a sauerkraut and kase pasty the whole thing would not have transpired, Hitler and Eva would have had better things to do in their spare time! hmmph!
From time to time we recieve comments about our products appearing to shrink in size, feedback from a number of our shops report that some customers are voicing some concern about the size of the pasty compared to the last time they purchased.
We speak to our kitchen about this on each and every occasion and we get the same answer, which is undeniably the truth! The problem is in the hand crimping process it isn’t a smaller cutter size for the pastry nor is it saving on fillings to pinch back profit margin in these very difficult retailing times…it is the tightnes of the crimp on the pasty that makes it look smaller.
With machine made pasties you get a consistent size and shape every time…but machine made isn’t authentic and it is genuine, nor is it clever! What is clever is consistent quality, every Proper Pasty Company product is hand crimped within a given tolerance and this creates a certain amount of fluctuation in appearance, however the acid test is in the weight of the product and in every case that we’ve received reports, we pull a batch of random pasties and weigh them on a digital scale. The appearance is smaller there is no doubt but the pastry weight and the filling weight is exactly to specification! So in this case ‘what you see’ isn’t always ‘what you get’ if you see what we mean??
The moral of this story is that Handmade products are exactly that…they are handmade and in this respect they will not be consistent in size, however to keep up the tradition of producing authentic Cornish Pasties, Proper Pasty Company prefer to stick to the age old method and deliver consistency in quality not necessarily size…it’s the content and weight that counts!!
Selling Cornish Pasties from a catering van is one of the most lucrative small business ventures we’ve ever seen!
Time and time againwe see Cornish Pasties appear in shop windows across the UK, poorly presented, poorly marked up and poorly baked. At Proper Pasty Company, we feel that the quality of the pasties appearance is paramount to the sales process!
Our products are pre-basted during manufacture, this provides a light golden sheen to the pastry during the bake-off process, but that’s not where it ends! After about 40 minutes our baker takes the Cornish Pasty out of the oven and applies a second baste which turns the golden sheen to a golden glaze, a perfect shade of gold for the pasty…that’s why you see the gold emblem of a pasty in our logo, this is how a cornish pasty should be presented. That final 10-15 minute bake after the second baste produces the perfect pasty.
The window displays are also key to the sales process! Displaying an abundance of product in the front window, tiers of baskets holding a wide varierty of pasties is the next important thing to the bake-off process, then labelling…let the customers know what they are looking at…the description needs to draw the customers appetite!
Proper Pasty Company produce the best of Cornish Pasties and Cornish Pasties are the front runners in ‘bake-off’ sales. The fastest sales come from the Traditional Cornish Pasties - the original cornish made to the traditional miced style and the pasty that has made Proper Pasty Company famous - the Layered Steak. They come in all sizes to suit all appetites and have our unique seasoning to give that extra special taste.
Our products are best served from frozen baked, the aroma from the bake-off permeates into the high street, we defy anyone who can resist the temptation from these bake-off aromas! Walk past a Proper Pasty Company shop whilst they are baking…if you dare! The smell from the bake off is an instantly recognizable characteristic of the Proper Brand…after all these aren’t just Cornish Pasties they are Proper Cornish Pasties!
“These pasties are the best, because we bake authentic handmade cornish pasties using only the finest fresh ingredients with absolutely no artificial flavours or preservatives!”
Proper Pasty Company have extended the range of Cornish Pasties witha variety of ingredients (echoes of the tradition of any filling that took your fancy, or that was in the larder at the time)
So now you can enjoy all the qualities of a Proper Pasty Company Cornish Pasty in many varieties and flavours. Choose from Spicy Chicken, Haggis, Port & Stilton, Chicken in White Wine Sauce of even a Full English Breakfast Cornish Pasty with bacpn, egg, sausage and beans…undoubtedly the very best way to start your day!
Join us at the Proper Pasty Company and try our latest Cornish Pasties…
What is it a about Cornish Pasties that we love? Is it the secret seasoning that those nasty Cornish people mix with the locally farmed vegetables that makes us crave them fortnightly? Is it the myriad of flavours that are offered that tempt us back to discover the next mouth watering serving? Or can it be that they put something else in the cornish pasty that makes us crave the golden cased meal?
In our opinion there are many different reasons as to why we love the pasty, but it is reliant upon one thing and one thing only…your first experience of a true cornish pasty, not the type that Greggs or Bakers Oven put in the window, these are not original cornish pasties!! No these are a hybrid of the authentic oggy, they are filled with ground beef, a very thin layer of vegetables and air… a true Cornish Pasty is cram packed full of goodness…take one apart and you will see that the pastry case traps a bounty of fresh localy farmed vegetable, the finest meat content, whether it is Lamb, Chicken or Steak…there is little room for air!
The Cornish Pasty also reminds us of those summer holidays in the South West, sitting on the beach with mates watching the surfers in Newquay whilst biting into a Lamb & Mint Cornish Pasty and washing it down with an refreshing bottle of Cornish Ale! Happy Days
This Cornish Pasty pays tribute to the one of the nations favourite meals. Pure Chicken Breast meat diced and marinated in an authentic Balti mix. Savour the taste of India in a pastry case! Proper Pasty Company India style!
“Because our Award Winning Cornish Pasties are baked fresh daily they can be refrigerated or frozen, so you can take them away and enjoy them anytime!”
One of the sweeter Cornish Pasties, juicy pieces of diced pork combined with potatoes, onions and rich Bramley Apple sauce. We then add a generous measure of mixed herbs and special Seasoning (on Flaky pastry).
“Our Cornish Pasties are the best because we bake authentic handmade cornish pasties using only the finest fresh ingredients with absolutely no artificial flavours or preservatives!”
This is our best selling Cornish Pasty! You’ll love the mature cheddar cheese when its mixed together with our original recipe potato swede and onion. All of the Cheese & Onion Cornish Pasties are served in a short crust pastry case…mmmm….
Check out all of our flavours and where you can buy them from at Proper Pasty Company.
