BYPASS OR BUY - Deluxe Vintage Cheddar, Cauli, and Spinach Pie

Another savoury pie from Deluxe, Lidl's "luxury" brand that I spotted while shopping and just had to try. As I mentioned before, I'm a sucker for pot pies. Growing up, I was always so excited to eat pot pies, delicious creamy fillings surrounded by a wonderfully flaky pie outside, it was the perfect combination for me.

I recently reviewed Deluxe's Moroccan pies and when I spotted this, knew I had to give it a try. I was initially excited at the combination of cheddar and cauliflower because cauli and cheese are like a match made in heaven as far as I'm concerned. They are just meant for one another like tacos and Tuesdays.

Affter baking for 45 minutes, the top of the pie started to look a little dark so I decided to remove it at that point despite the box stating 45 - 50 from frozen. The top of the pie was like a flaky phyllo style pastry while the bottom portion of the pie was more traditional in its texture. As always, I flipped the pie over to eat from the bottom because c'mon guys, that's the only way to eat these types of pies. The filling is always the best part and then you can decide how much crust you want to eat. Unlike the Moroccan pies from this brand, I found the crust / filling ratio to be much better so I was able to eat the entire thing myself.

The filling was super rich and full of veggies which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was creamy and delicious although I found myself searching for that distinctive cheddar flavour I was looking for but that's probably the only thing I didn't like about them and that's a reach because they were pretty delicious. I loved the consistency of the filling as well, it was thick and creamy which I enjoyed.

BYPASS OR BUY? - BUY! I seriously suggest buying them for yourselves! The pie is large enough that it will feed 2 if you enjoy it with a nice salad to cut through the richness. It's only 1.99 which I think is well worth what you get for it. It was super rich and yummy and as I mentioned, there was the perfect crust - filling ratio. It's going to be something I eat again for sure!

HAPPY VEG