When my oven started to be a bit problematic I found myself looking along the freezer aisle in the supermarket at the food items that didn’t require an oven.
In the past microwave pies have just been oven pies that you could put in the microwave, usually on a bit of paper towel, and then maybe you’d crisp it up in the oven.
However I’ve tried the microwave hot chips in the recent past, and they do surprisingly well in the microwave. They’re ‘good enough’, they’re not as good as oven chips, but if you’re craving some hot chips then the microwave chips did a decent job.
So when I saw Mrs Mac’s Microwave Beef Pie in the freezer section of the supermarket I thought I’d give it a go.
It’s alright.
When you get it out of the freezer you need to cut off both ends of the package, but you leave the pie in the package and put it on a microwave safe plate.
Crinkly bag after microwaving.
Then it’s into the microwave for 3 minutes 15 seconds.
The package comes out of the microwave quite crispy, and the pie comes out…not soggy. There’s a small level of crispness to it, it’s still relatively pale.
It comes out quite hot, I did a lift test from the pie crust edge and it supports its own weight without any collapse in the middle from potential sogginess.
It was quite hot, so I couldn’t do a bite into it test.
I added sauce, and started to eat it, and it’s fine. It’s a perfectly serviceable meat pie, it isn’t soggy, the bottom is a little firm in places, but still fine to eat.
I bought two, so there’s a second one in the freezer, but would I buy it again? I’m not sure, I think it’s good enough to have in the freezer in case you don’t feel like doing lunch or dinner and is there as an option.