Pukka Steak & Kidney Pie

I don't eat many pies but like the Pukka Pies you get in the chippy so today in Tesco I saw they were selling them for £1.00 so I brought a couple and had one for my dinner. They have to be cooked so while it was in the oven I cooked some mash and peas so I could have a proper dinner with some gravy. When it was cooked the flaky pastry had gone golden brown and I got loads of pastry flakes on my plate when I cut through it. The meat and gravy inside looked a bit sloppy and the pie didn't taste meaty like the ones I buy from the chippy are but there looked like there was quite a bit of meat in it even though the steak was in very small bits and the kidney was ...  Read the complete review

Being raised on a diet of pies and fizzy pop may seem a little strange to most folk, but coming from a family of Wigan'ers or 'Pie eaters' as we are sometimes known; it probably makes perfect sense. Now I have eaten my fair share of pies, probably enough to sink a ship, therefore I know a thing or two about what makes a tasty little pie. The Pukka Pie stands out in its attractive black and orange packaging which makes it look that little bit different, but the price is a little bit more than I would have liked to have paid for this tempting little box with the price tag of £1.34 from Tesco. Having taken the pie out of the box there was little to ...  Read the complete review

COST: £1.39 @ Morrisons for a serves one size pie NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (per pie): Calories: 488 Kj: 2042 Protein: 21.7g Carbohydrate: 42.1g - of which sugars 1.0g Fat: 25.9g - of which saturates: 12.4g Fibre: 8.6g Sodium: 0.90g Salt: 2.26g INGREDIENTS: Wheatflour, beef (20%), margarine, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, soya lecithin, annatto, curcumin, minced beef kidney (4%), modified maize starch, onion, salt, monsodium glutumate, pepper, ammonia caramel ALLERGY ADVICE: Contains gluten, soya, wheat and may contain traces of celery, egg, ...  Read the complete review