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Wednesday 1 May 2013
Beefing up the Aston student meals
Beef and
Mushroom Pie Review at Aston University, Birmingham
With Pie
once again on the menu at Aston University’s main cafe (CafeTierra), there was
no need to persuade the Pierateers to pay another visit following their reviews
of the Beef and Onion and Chicken and Mushroom Pies. And with strong 2:1s in
the previous two markings, all eyes were on the Pie Satisfaction Survey this
time as the latest pie was under assessment. The pie on offer was a Beef and
Mushroom Pie.
With the
golden pastry back on this pie (surprisingly lacking in a paler pastry topping
to the Chicken and Mushroom Pie), the Pierateer dug into his pie and thoroughly
enjoyed the tender pieces of beef on offer. The pie had plenty of beef pieces,
which certainly beefed up the flavour and provided a nice compliment to the
tomato, herb and beef gravy within the pie. You may recall the tomato flavour
to the Beef and Onion pie previously eaten a few years back at Aston University
(almost a tomato-based Bolognese within a pie). While this Beef and Mushroom
pie was certainly not at that level of tomato-icity, I have to say that once
again the Aston chefs get top marks for delightfully blending some tomato into
the pie filling. The mushrooms were also very soft and tasty. While I would say they had been slightly heavy handed with the
herbs, it did add a nice flavour to the gravy and with a little less seasoning
this gravy would be spot on.
However once
again the pie fell down slightly due to being a top crust and therefore lacking
on the pastry front. While a very nice meal, I was quite quickly left wanting
more pastry to complement my pie filling and having to “ration” my ever
diminishing pastry with the large amount of filling left. I’d certainly like to
try a fully encased pie at Aston University one day and hope that, if a pie
taster is needed, they will know who to turn to!
Once again
I’d give this pie a strong 2:1 in our pie rankings system, with the main feedback
being a delicious tender beef pie with intriguing tomato-ey gravy, but a significant lack
of pastry. I’d certainly have another though!
Aston University Beef & Mushroom Pie
Score: 5.45/7
RAS
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