Tesco Finest All Butter Pastry Mince Pie Review 2024

Tesco Finest All Butter Pastry Mince Pie Review 2024

Review: Tesco’s Finest range of mince pies usually score well and this is no exception.

To start we’ve got a fancy star design on top with little cut out pieces and a shake of icing sugar too. It’s a good looking mince pie – something you’d be happy to bring out to guests for sure.

The only real problem here is the pastry. While it tastes nice, it’s slightly too thin and that’s resulted in two mince pie faux pas; a soggy bottom and poor structural integrity. Needless to say you’ll need a plate to eat one (or two) of these.

The mincemeat is the star of the show – it’s got a generous kick of brandy & port and you can taste them too. Nicely spiced and full of fruit too.

A really good mince pie (assuming you have the aforementioned plate to hand) and I’ll admit I ate three in one sitting.

Link: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/257246799

Cost: 50p each (£3.00 for 6)

Overall rating: 7.9

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Tesco Finest Crumble Topped Mince Pie Review 2024

Tesco Finest Crumble Topped Mince Pie Review 2024

Review: Many crumble topped mince pies have scored well over the years. And this Tesco pie hasn’t changed much since last time I tried it.

The curious thing is they don’t come in a case. Just in the plastic tray – so you’ll 100% need a plate.

Next issue is there’s definitely more pastry than filling. Now in this case that’s not all bad as this pastry is more like a biscuit consistency – quite a crunch to it. But that’s all by design I’m sure.

The mincemeat filling is sweet, and has a nice hint of the citrus and festive spices.

This pie is perfect to have warm with a scoop of ice cream or maybe a nice custard. A slightly fancier pie – wouldn’t be the sort of thing you just offer at a whim to a Christmas-time visitor. Probably better for pudding after a meal. Decent though…I’m going to grab one more now actually

Link: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/317404913

Cost: 88p each (£3.50 for 4)

Overall rating: 7.7/10

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