How to cook the perfect Christmas gammon – the Croots recipe for success When it comes to cooking the  perfect Christmas gammon joint this festive season, the expert team at Derbyshire farm shop Croots has everything you need. For many it’s a fundamental part of festive catering – a treat to serve on Christmas night, […]

Croots Farm Shop celebrates 15th Christmas Popular Derbyshire farm shop Croots is celebrating its 15th Christmas this year. The shop, based at Farnah House Farm, Wirksworth Road, just outside Duffield, has been offering quality local food and drink in partnership with many local suppliers since 2008. This Christmas it has a full range of festive […]

Croots Farm Shop in Derbyshire wins Great British Food Awards. Popular Derbyshire farm shop Croots has won two top awards in the Great British Food Awards. The farm shop near Duffield scooped a silver medal for its steak and ale pie and a gold for its Croots pork pie – making the pork pie the […]

As the saying goes ‘make hay whilst the sun shines’, we finally managed to do this earlier this month (about four weeks later than planned!) as we had three consistent warm days. Making our haylage is an essential part of our preparations for the winter. We use a local contractor and the process involves mowing […]

Choosing Your Barbecue Gas or charcoal, the debate goes on. Purists relish the low and slow approach to charcoal and the the smokey flavours imparted by the different types of wood. If it’s mostly weeknight burgers and sausages that you want, then the ease of gas might be more appealing. You won’t get the smoke […]

We are delighted to have picked up a Highly Commended Gold Award for our homemade Croots Mince Pie earlier this month. It was a great end to the British Pie Week where we had our range of 6 pies all homemade and all using local ingredients on offer.