Reviews 2007 - Round 9 - Somerfield 6 Deep filled Mince Pies PDF Print E-mail
Date: 01/11/2007 
Pie: 
Somerfield 6 Deep filled Mince Pies
Cost: £1.10
Score: 60.0%
20071101 Somerfield 6 Deep Filled Mince Pies

Our first Sommerfield pie, and it was quite nice.

 A pleasant looking pie with a nice design on top.

 Pie Scores (0 to 5) 
Visual Presentation:    3.20
Aroma:    2.29
Sugar Coating:   3.13
Size:   3.08
Weight:   3.23
First Impressions:   3.08
Crust Thickness/Quality:   2.85
Filling Quality:   2.96
Filling Quantity:   3.21
  
TOTAL (of 45)   37.02 (60.0%)
VFM:  1.47
SD:  5.24

Reviewers Comments and Guessed Origin
"Pleasant looking pie, nice design on top, but no steam holes. Pastry a little dry so was a bit crumbly. Over all a pleasnt pie. Morrisons?"
"Co-op? Or somebody's economy brand. Looks like they tried to make it look pretty - and failed.Dry crumbly crust which gets everywhere.Filling adequate. No better than average all round"
"Morrisons"
"Somerfield - transit damaged pies are not quite as good though as they suffere from unexpected structural failures"
"Pastry is quite dry, filling was a bit blended"
"I enjoyed this pie,liked the short pastry & the fact it wasn't too sweet."
"Both filling and pastry nice and sweet, liked this one."


Packaging Description
6 deep filled mince pies.
Shortcrust pastry cases filled with rich mincemeat, topped with a motif pastry lid.


Nutrition Information (Per Pie)
 Energy 251 kcal
 Protein 2.5g
 Carbohydrate 39.6g
 Fat 9.2g
 Fibre 1.0g
 Salt 0.2g

Best Before: 10 Dec 2007
Suitable for Vegetarians  
 

User Comments

Comment by GUEST on 2007-12-23 08:18:20
Was pleasently surprised, nice texture and quite tangy, not too sweet.

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