I appreciate it means work at home in your own kitchen and you might think it defeats the object of a “takeaway” but it's worth it. I'll gladly pay for quality but I hate the anticipation of a treat and being disappointed. More irritatingly these pasties do not contain expensive ingredients.
Despite the fact that I'm recommending making your own pasties you can make it work for you – you can make the pastry on a day when you've time and ditto with the filling, then fridge and use or freeze.
I'm not comfortable criticising M&S but it was such poor quality it had to be done. It shouldn't matter whether it's a humble pasty or a fillet de boeuf en croute – each should be given the same care and attention.
I can only assume that either the test kitchens and/or the quality control departments weren't up to scratch on that day.
Rocket science it ain't!
Then there's the verdict … my elderly friend Margaret visits for coffee once a week – distanced I might add and I gave her a lunch treat taken from my freezer – half a pasty, which, once defrosted in the fridge would be ready to warm so a takeaway treat for her. I unwrapped the pasty parcel to show her and explain warming. I have to say this bodes well – on unwrapping and therefore cold the savoury waft of the pasty made our mouths water. Hold that thought.
It's important to get a tester's opinion. I loved these pasties but that doesn't mean a whole lot – I need to know I'm not on my own.
I then gave a whole pasty to two friends for their lunch treat. This will definitely be the ultimate test – one of my friends is a Northern boy and takes his cheese and onion pasties very seriously so his opinion counts all the more.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed – that's two thoughts to “hold”!
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