Pretty good looking for a supermarket pie - with that tantalising hint of mince and an unevenly baked top which suggests a less automated baking process - but with a strange substance on top that was neither sugar nor icing sugar. Odd but not bad odd. Competent enough pastry.
The filling let these down though - if you look carefully at the cross section you can see there's a huge gap! They claim to be deep filled - I felt robbed tbh. The filling is also VERY sweet. I don't mind this but other's might. Overall it was fairly satisfying though.
Agree with the review - the MnS “basics” in the red box are less sweat, and broadly a better option despite being at the manufactured supermarket end of things.
M&S Food 'Collection' mince pies
I think these are the ones @dbr had?
Pretty good looking for a supermarket pie - with that tantalising hint of mince and an unevenly baked top which suggests a less automated baking process - but with a strange substance on top that was neither sugar nor icing sugar. Odd but not bad odd. Competent enough pastry.
The filling let these down though - if you look carefully at the cross section you can see there's a huge gap! They claim to be deep filled - I felt robbed tbh. The filling is also VERY sweet. I don't mind this but other's might. Overall it was fairly satisfying though.
6/10
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