Price: £6.99
Score (out of 5): 3 1/2
Review: this is part of our slow exploration of the Deluxe frozen range. We still have the beef bourguinon pies to go. To not beat about the bush, these were nice, but a mixed bag. They come with a pork and red wine and mushroom jus (top-tip - take it out of the bag to heat it in the microwave). The jus is flavoured with dried thyme, and combined with the incredibly strong umami flavours of the mushrooms, it just hopelessly overpowers everything else on the plate.
Which is a shame, as the wellingtons themselves were worth the price - very good pastry, with a solid hunk of very good quality meat, and the pate to make them even richer. So, I've marked them down for the jus, but I would probably buy them again and just go a bit easy with it.
The dried thyme is definitely OTT, absolutely kills everything else as you say. Here in Ireland, these used to be fantastic (apart from the above), but the last year or so the meat has been shockingly bad. I made the mistake of making them for Xmas dinner 2015, disaster :(
ReplyDeleteThe meat (when we found it) was so tough as to be inedible
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely awful, the meat (not filet or steak of any kind, more like stewing meat gone wrong!) Paté for dog, mushrooms inexistant, pastry not too bad but far too much. Should be renamed Gristle Wellington !! Wouldn't touch it even if free!!!
ReplyDeleteThis meal was expensive and the overall taste was really quiet distasteful. The pastry was OK but the meal was tough, miniscule and certainly not Beef Fillet, couldn't taste any pate; the jus was lacking in taste; overall a thoroughly unpleasant dish, certainly not worth more than £2.50 and even then would not recommend; Lidl you should be ashamed of yourselves for selling such absolute rubbish, at least got something out of it as used the cardboard box for kindling on the wood burner.
ReplyDeleteHaving a trial run as an alternative to turkey at Christmas. Absolutely horrible as the meat was inedible. Good price if I’d been able to eat it! Why do Lidl allow their name to be associated with this? Even the dog is looking a bit reluctant!
ReplyDelete