Yesterday I decided pie was in order, so I got a brace of frozen chicken pies from Tesco, price £1.99.
The description on box makes the pie sound rather good. Would it live up to expectations?
The pie cooked in about 30 minutes so I lobbed in some big fat oven chips too. Heinz baked beans (first time I've had these in months, by 'eck they are sugary!)
The pie browned quite nicely on top and the puff pastry was light and crisp, but on cutting the pie in half, all the sauce came flooding out, leaving behind a few chunks of chicken breast meat. It was far runnier than I had expected frankly - you might be best advised to have some bread handy for mopping up.
Despite the thinness of the sauce, the flavour was OK, nothing special really and could really have done with some mushrooms, or maybe a bit of bacon to add interest. There was certainly no hint of the cheese that is mentioned on the box. But then, 2 pies for 2 quid ain't bad really. The pastry was thick enough to hold it all together but not so thick as to be claggy.
In summary, adequate but uninspired. I kind of wish I'd gone for the fresh Finest option with bacon, although that was twice the price.
5 out of 10.
Oh, and there are pie reviews here and here in today's Observer. Some controversial markings there. Some stupidly expensive pies there too!
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