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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.

Tesco Mini Pork Pie BitesObviously 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).



Tesco Mini Pork Pie Bites
Too much air for my liking
Let’s face it, they were quite nice to eat, but I won’t be biting anyone’s hand off to have another one. There’s plenty more pork pies out there. A nice basic pork pie but not great content.

Tesco Mini Pork Pie Bites
Score: 3.75/7

RAS
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 February 2013 at 17:54

    Meaty, tasty and didn't have any hard bits. Perfect lunchtime snack. 6/7 Rufus aged 7

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  2. Anonymous4 February 2013 at 19:40

    Really tasty,and a perfect snack when watching rugby! A 6.5/7 from me.

    Luke [aged 11]

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  3. Anonymous6 February 2013 at 20:00

    Slipped down nicely but nothing special. I think this pie was a bit overwhelmed by everything else on my plate!

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  4. Anonymous7 February 2013 at 22:07

    Small and mighty. Good meaty taste & lovely crumbly pastry!

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  5. Anonymous7 February 2013 at 22:10

    Met expectations. Lovely pork pie flavour and moist. A must for a salad lunch! Louise

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  6. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 20:04

    I 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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