Reviews 2008 - Round 10 - Morrisons The Best 6 Deep Filled Mince Pies. £1.69 PDF Print E-mail
Date:  03/12/2008
Pie: 
Morrisons The Best 6 Deep Filled Mince Pies.
Cost:  £1.50
Score:  75.6%

What a looker!
A great looking pie, with nice snowflake design on the top, even sugar coating and a very domed top.
Just the singe steam hole in the middle of the snowflake. Could this be an amazing pie?
First impressions, good, a little too sweet, but the filling was good. Took a white for the hint of alcohol to permeate through but it was definitely there.
Crust was slightly crumbly.... but nice and light. Though it had that domed top, it was not filled full, there was room for more filling.

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  Pie Scores (0 to 5) 
Visual Presentation:     4.42
Aroma:     3.04
Sugar Coating:    4.08
Size / Weight:    3.96
First Impressions:    3.96
Crust Thickness/Quality:    3.92
Filling Quality:    3.83
Filling Quantity:    3.71
   
TOTAL (of 40)    30.25 (75.6%)
VFM:   1.21
SD:   4.31

 

Reviewers Comments and Guessed Origin
"Filling OK, could have done with a little more texture to the fruit. A very good pie though."

"Shortcrust Pastry crumbled easily, like the quality of the pie. A nice looking pie that just couldn't be backed up by its taste. A bit like a  mermaid that can't swim. "

"Morrisons...a lovely pie, great taste if a little crumbly in crust. Very heavy due to the amount of filling"

"Morrisons?  The most decorative pie top so far by a mile with it's pretty icicle motif and the pastry smelt nice and buttery and the texture was quite nice to bite into - biting into pie the filling was pretty flavorsome and tangy and the impression was that the quantity looked ample but could  be because pie not as deep as some others.  Good all round pie."

"Looked festive good quality filling and plenty of it for a change puts the other pies to shame. Morrisons"

"This is a pie of contrasts. It excels in visual presentation with a complicated snowflake motif and plentiful sugar treatment, but provides no nasal titillation. Heavy in hand; sweet and sharp on tongue; abundant crumbs in lap. The pastry disintegrates as quickly as a child’s excitement in a New Forest Lapland. However, the filling is plentiful and succulent enough to override these failings. Could have been a winner had the aroma and patisserie delivered."

"This is a pie that cries out to be eaten. It has an interesting and appealing design, with a good sized dome. Solid feel, tasty pastry that holds well (no crumbling). Filled up the top with a good textured mix. Could not wait  long after first impressions before polishing off the entire pie and looking for the next one. This is definitely my favorite to date (scores should reflect this). Would not hesitate to buy more or these, where are they from? I guess they are from Harrods!!!"

"a sweet & tangy filling was the defining feature of this very well-presented pie"

"Very pretty, tasty and moist little thing"

"Waitrose - Yummy, my kind of Mince Pie nice full filling with a melt in the mouth pastry!"


Packaging Description
6 Deep Filled Mince Pies.
Rich all butter pastry cases filled with specially selected mincemeat containing walnuts, almonds, brandy and port.

Nutrition Information (Per Pie)

 Energy  248 kcal
 Protein  2.9g
 Carbohydrate  37.9g
 Fat  9.4g
 Fibre  2.3g
 Salt  0.1g


Best Before: 05 Jan 2009

Suitable for Vegetarians

User Comments

Comment by GUEST on 2008-12-20 14:50:28
LOOKS GREAT BUT pastry not crisp enough, lacked a reall buttry flavour (low butter ontent if you check ingredients..gave it a more floury taste) ..filling over-sweet - should be fruitir to really go head-to-head with other qality minces

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