Appearance –Good colour and holly detail on the top is nice enough. Lets just say its OK, but nothing to get that excited about. Mine to Pastry ratio – Medium. The filling is fairly deep (as you’d hope given the name!), but then the pastry Read more…
Appearance – Chocolatey and distinctive. It doesn’t look like a mince pie at all, but what do you expect from this nutter? Be grateful theres no real meat in it – unlike his Meat Fruit! Mince to Pastry ratio – Low levels of mincemeat Read more…
Appearance – Not usually a fan of a ‘puffer’, but this looks very pleasing to the eye. With a slotted top design and the baked on sugar. Only real negative is that they are more oval than circular as shown on the box. Mince Read more…
Appearance – Random distribution of icing sugar, but makes a change to see the use of ‘Noel’ on the top. Chocolate pastry also gives the pie a distinctive look. Mince to Pastry ratio – Minimal air gap and a good deep filling – Read more…
Appearance – Small but perfectly formed! Attractive design with the mincemeat spilling over slightly. Great conformity across a box of 9 as well. Mince to Pastry ratio – Low – the pastry thickness is the same as a normal pie, but with reduced space Read more…
Appearance – Poor conformity – some domed but others flat. Had a nice colour and pattern on top though. Mince to Pastry ratio – Wow, just WOW! The air gap is strong on this one. If I’d have brought these I would have felt ripped off – only half Read more…
Today was the inaugral Mr Mince taste test – sorry there was no prior announcement it was a surprise to me as well! My so called colleagues felt it was time to test my mince pie tastebuds to the limit by purchasing 9 of the best mince pies they could Read more…
Appearance – Attractive design and a good golden colour to the pastry. A very good looking pie – even if mine was slightly squashed in the handbag of my Tesco buyer! Mince to Pastry ratio – Another pie with an AIR GAP so loses Read more…
Appearance – An attractive pie that’s spoiled a little with too much icing sugar – why do they do it! Slight browning to the pastry, but nothing too bad. Bonus points for the gold case (Shiny!) Mince to Pastry ratio – A good deep Read more…
Appearance – As expected it looks like a cherry bakewell minus the cherry – the Katie Price of the mince pie world. Mince to Pastry ratio – Lower than you’d expect given the lack of pastry on top. Read more…