Price: £1.45 for a box of 6 (14/12/2024)
This is the standard mince pie offering from British supermarket chain Morrisons. Visually they appear very similar to the Aldi Holly Lane mince pies, with an embossed snowflake motif on the lid, although the design here is marginally less intricate.
These mince pies are described on the packaging as ‘rich and fruity mincemeat in a shortcrust pastry case’, which is straight and to the point, as befits a Yorkshire headquartered supermarket chain. The pies are suitable for vegetarians and they do unfortunately contain palm oil.
Cold Taste Test
The pastry isn’t great. It’s quite stodgy, even in the lid, which is flimsy enough to have drooped down onto the mincemeat on most specimens. The mincemeat itself is a nice traditional flavour with plenty of small pieces of fruit and a decent texture.
Hot Taste Test
The packaging recommends oven heating them or giving them a mere ten seconds blast in a 900w microwave. I opted for the latter. It had little effect on the pastry, which was still stodgy, particularly where the underside of the lid had been in contact with the filling. The warm mincemeat was delicious, with the puree becoming more fluid and the flavours enhanced, although it was teetering on the brink of being slightly too sweet.
Verdict
The Morrisons Rich & Fruity Mince Pies are nice enough, but they are not quite up there with the very best of the rival supermarket standard range mince pies, such as the aforementioned Aldi Holly Lane mince pies. The pastry is what lets them down. Maybe it could be redeemed by a stint in a hot oven, but there are definitely better options out there at a similar price point.
Nutrition
Typical values (per 100g):
- Energy: 410 kcal
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturates: 5.5 g
- Carbohydrate: 61.6 g
- Of which sugars: 25.2 g
- Fibre : 2.4 g
- Protein: 3.6 g
- Salt: 0.28 g