I tried the supermarket’s own brand steak pies; the winner fed the whole family for £3

CAN you enjoy a good quality family meal for just a few pounds?

We decided to test all the own-brand steak pies from the top supermarkets to find out which ones offer the best quality and most generous portions for the lowest price.

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For the test, we compared family packs from our own brand frozen mince pies from Tesco, Asda, MorrisonsSainsbury’s, Aldi And Lidl.

We gave each product a score out of ten for taste and a score of ten for value, based on the price you pay per 100 grams and the meat content. Brands that cut back received a lower score.

Here’s how the steak pies scored out of 20…

Aldi Crestwood Family Steak Pie, £2.49 for 700g

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This pie looked promising because it contained large chunks of meat, but the chunks of meat were gristly, fatty, and tough.

The gravy sauce was also strangely sweet and the pastry was quite stiff.

This pie also had the highest saturated fat content (7.2 percent) of all the pies we tasted.

It was also the only one to use meat from outside the EU.

This was the cheapest cake, costing just 38 cents per 100 grams, but you’re better off spending a few cents more on something else.

• Taste: 3/10
• Value: 7/10
• Total: 10/20

Morrisons 4 steak pies, £2.70 for 600g

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These individual steak pies from Morrisons contained a decent amount of meat, which was tender to eat.

But the meat and gravy were bland and tasteless – and the dough was too stiff and thick. At 45 cents per 100 grams they were the second most expensive we tested and not worth the money money.

• Taste: 3/10
• Value: 6/10
• Total: 9/20

Asda Family Steak & Gravy pie, £3.35 for 700g

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This was the most beautiful cake, with crispy brown pastry and herbs on top, but it didn’t live up to expectations.

There was plenty of decent onion flavored gravy, but the pieces of meat were very small.

Because it was very sloppy, the dough was soggy and the pie fell apart when he tried to cut it and serve slices.

At 48 cents per 100 grams, this was the most expensive cake we tested and it wasn’t worth the extra cost.

• Taste: 5/10
• Value: 5/10
• Total: 10/20

Sainsbury’s Family Steak Pie, £3 for 700g

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The Sainsbury’s steak pie had a very flaky, crispy pastry layer and some large chunks of meat in a tasty gravy.

It was also among the lowest in salt and unhealthy saturated fat.

It wasn’t perfect because it didn’t look great, the base got soggy and the meat wasn’t spread very evenly throughout the pie. But this was by far the tastiest cake we tried – and at 43 cents per 100 grams it was definitely worth the money.

• Taste: 8/10
• Value: 7/10
• Total: 15/20

Tesco 4 steak pies, £2.13 for 568g

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These Tesco pies were really disappointing, with a thick, stiff paste and a sloppy gravy with a synthetic onion flavour.

The meat inside was fine, but there wasn’t much of it. In fact, these pies contain just 23 percent beef – the least of any pie we tested. They also had one of the highest salinity levels.

And, annoyingly, the pastry from the cakes stuck to the inside of the cardboard box, so we had to scrape off bits of cardboard first. to cook.

• Taste: 4/10
• Value: 6/10
• Total: 10/20

Lidl What’s cooking? 4 steak and gravy pies, £2.25 for 600g

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The Lidl pies had a strong meaty smell and taste, like a real old-fashioned meat pie.

The dough was nice and crumbly on top and not too firm on the bottom.

There was a decent amount of meat, although some of it was fatty and chewy.

At just 38 cents per 100 grams, these were one of the cheapest pies – a decent meal for the price.

• Taste: 7/10
• Value: 7/10
• Total: 14/20