Tindalls of Tideswell, is a fine food shop, opposite St John's church, which is known as the Cathedral of the Peak.
Established over 60 years ago, it incorporates a family run bakery and a delicatessen. Their rich fruit cake has deservedly won a Great Taste Award.
They sell fresh local milk and eggs, creamy Hartington Stilton and delicious Dovedale Blue cheeses:
They sell their own hand made pork pies, made using a fifty-year old recipe. I like the way that they produce food based on Derbyshire recipes. A sign in the window encourages you to submit your own recipes (with a local provenance and preferably using local food).
I tried their Wakes cakes, which are a sweet fruity biscuit that is traditionally eaten during a Wake. Almost every Derbyshire village had its own special Wakes Cake, but most recipes were not written down and many are now lost. They didn't have a Tideswell recipe so they adapted one from another village, and added a traditional flavouring of Rosewater and ground coriander to make their own Tideswell Wakes Cake:
Thar Cakes (also known as Thor cakes) are traditionally baked and eaten at Guy Fawkes night and also during Wakes Weeks. There are lots of traditional recipes for Thar Cakes, but they all contain oats and ginger. I recommend these, they didn't stint on the ginger!
Tindalls of Tideswell
Commercial Road
Tideswell
Derbyshire
SK17 8NU
Tel: 01298 871351
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