Reviews & tasting notes of mince pies in the UK
Overall Rating: 6.5 Review: Aldi did quite well in 2017 with a range of good standard mince pies and fancy numbers too. Their mini pies were a big hit too. Disappointingly something’s gone wrong this year. Their posh standard pie with courvoisier VS cognac isn’t a patch on last year. Overall the taste is far… Read More
Overall Rating: 8/10 Review: I didn’t know this existed – but seeing as how much people know I like mince pies, a colleague brought this by my desk for me to try (I encourage this by the way!). I’ve had Joe&Sephs popcorn before and so it’s more the flavours that I’m reviewing here. The packet… Read More
Overall Rating: 7/10 Review: Another decent ‘standard’ mince pie from Co-op. It’s the luxury range so I’m judging this expecting good things. However the pastry lets this pie down in my books – it’s very soft, no crumble to it at all and verging on a soggy bottom. Having said that the taste is very good… Read More
Overall rating: 7.5/10 Review: An enticing looking mince pie, with a nice brandy buttercream topping – this Co-op ‘fancy pie’ is actually decent. The mincemeat filling it a little on the drier, coarser side but not at all unpleasant. In fact it maybe feels a little more upmarket as a result – you can feel… Read More
Overall Rating: 10/10 Ladies and gentlemen, after weeks of looking, I’ve found a 10. And in the most unlikely place imaginable – amongst the terrible selection Co-op have managed to put out to date. The pastry is a perfect mixture of crumbly, soft, sweet and firm. I’m not sure how they’ve done it, but they… Read More
Overall Rating: 5/10 Bloody hell. If you thought the last Co-op Mince Pie was bad…this is worse. It’s filled to the brim, but with a paste. The pastry is…dismal. Go and read about the lack of a deal Theresa May’s managed to get instead. You’ll be happier than me – cos I’ve just had to… Read More
Overall Rating: 6/10 Oh dear Co-op. Such fancy packaging, such a lovely name. Yet such a poor mince pie. Nothing much to shout about here I’m afraid folks. Pastry is just ‘claggy’ – stuck in my teeth for a minute or so after I’d finished the damn thing. Mincemeat tastes of nothing. I’ve got so… Read More
Overall Rating: 8/10 To some a puff pastry mince pie is heresy. Certainly in my opinion you can get a very poor puff pastry mince pie. This is not one of those. Maybe in my last post I portioned the mince pie market a little hastily – I think there’s three types. The workhorse, the… Read More
Overall Rating: 9/10 It’s clear there’s two camps in the mince pie market. There’s those happy to be the workhorse of mid to late December, bought in their dozens and eaten just as swiftly. At home cold on a plate, with brandy butter or warm with ice cream. Then there’s the upper class, the equivalent… Read More
Overall Rating: 8/10 To some a puff pastry mince pie is heresy. Certainly in my opinion you can get a very poor puff pastry mince pie. This is not one of those. Maybe in my last post I portioned the mince pie market a little hastily – I think there’s three types. The workhorse, the… Read More