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Saturday, 26 January 2013
Will they get an Uppercrust on their opponents?
It won’t
come as any surprise that the pie market is fast becoming one of the most
highly competitive food markets out there. Specialist pie shops and shops
starting to sell pies as part of their menu are appearing all over the place!
Which is brilliant, don’t get me wrong, but it can make finding the best pie an
ever growing challenge. What we need is a company out there who can get the uppercrust
on their pastry making com-pie-titors and give us a name we can trust. And
surely one of the best at doing that is Uppercrust themselves! Intriguingly
rebranded from McDougalls, Uppercrust certainly appear to be appealing to the
high end pie market. I get offered a pie invite by @xethian to try out the Uppercrust Chicken & Asparagus pie. It’s meant to be a
“family sized” pie, though basically that means it serves two fully grown manly
pie eaters. Here goes...
The pastry
lid certainly didn’t cook golden brown as evenly as it had in the “serving
suggestion” on the box – which, while we’re on the topic of “serving
suggestions” was one of the best I’d seen in literally being the pie...on a
plate! Classic! Glad I now know not to eat my next pie out of a dog bowl...
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Despite the
uneven crisping of the lid pastry, it was still very flaky and crisp, which is
exactly how it should be. The pastry didn’t fall apart while serving, as it had
done in previous pies. The chicken and asparagus oozed out of the pastry and
was in a delicious white sauce. The capacity had well and truly been reached on
this pie, with the chicken pieces lovely and tender and the sauce and asparagus
complementing the meat perfectly. I’d certainly recommend getting involved! Worth
it’s crust and then some.
Uppercrust
Chicken & Asparagus
Score: 6.01/7
RAS
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