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Saturday, 2 February 2013
Will you bite my hand off for Tesco Pork Pies?
With a
Winter BBQ & Six Nations Rugby at my friends the Bentalls to go to, the
invite had “bring pies” written all over it. So, with Tesco Mini Pork Pie Bites
in my bag, I headed off for some sausages and ribs (and very nice they were
too!) But let’s be honest – you’re only here to read about the pies. So let’s
get straight to business.
Obviously
being little pie bites, I wasn’t expecting them to fill the hole. But I have to
admit I was expecting a bit better than I got – after all, these aren’t Tesco
Everyday Pies. While the pastry was nice and firm, and not dry at all (as can
be the case for some pork pies), the content was slightly grisly and chewy, so
the consistency of the meat throughout the pie suffered from this. The capacity
was reasonable, but with pork pies you normally expect a pretty much full pie
to be served. Instead, there was certainly some air involved in mine. While
they were a lovely golden colour and came in good condition, I’m not sure they
are worth the cost (particularly if you don’t get the promotion of 30 pies for
£5).
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| Too much air for my liking |
Meaty, tasty and didn't have any hard bits. Perfect lunchtime snack. 6/7 Rufus aged 7
ReplyDeleteReally tasty,and a perfect snack when watching rugby! A 6.5/7 from me.
ReplyDeleteLuke [aged 11]
Slipped down nicely but nothing special. I think this pie was a bit overwhelmed by everything else on my plate!
ReplyDeleteSmall and mighty. Good meaty taste & lovely crumbly pastry!
ReplyDeleteMet expectations. Lovely pork pie flavour and moist. A must for a salad lunch! Louise
ReplyDeleteI thought I would eat this pie as the centrepiece of a main course, accompanied by a French mature cheese platter and thrice-roast beef sirloin. Unfortunately the combination doesn't work well. Basically I don't like mature cheese at all (too strong) and cooking the beef thrice led to it being massively overcooked - once would have been plenty. This basically ruined the meal. The pork pie was fine 4.6/7
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