Fray Bentos Classic Steak & Kidney Pie 425G

I enjoy this dish immensely. Okay, kidneys are sometimes iffy for some eaters, but certain offal is actually good. There may be some liver-like taste to the kidney, and overall I am not fond of liver. This I find much better. The pastry shell over this pie is flakey and tasty in good ways. To best open this "can" I recommend one of the OXO Good Grips can openers.

This was my first Fray Bentos streak and kidney pie. The crust was fine, and the meat was sparse, but it tasted great. That gravy was so good that I took a spoon and spooned out what was left. Now, I’ve made steak and kidney pie myself in the past (last time was probably 20 years ago) and it was delicious, but if someone would tell me how to make the gravy taste like that it would not take two decades for me to try again!

I managed to buy a large box of Fray Bentos canned pies years ago during restricted meats from UK and they always puffed up high like a French Souflle way above edge with layers of crust. Had proper taste of kidney most avoid like lamb as gamey due to ignorance. The 1st I cooked came out flat here (pix) in a toaster oven on convection heat. Very little taste & no classic kidney flavor hoping for here. There was no 33% more meat label as shown on can ad. I just fear they succumbed to useless food engineering guys with PhDs that ruin classic formulas to shave pennies for profit and destroy famous brands. Instead of good product promotion companies resort to them and ruin great products. These useless nuts tried to mess with SPAM by adding potato starch but the public fought back and saved it. They ruined, by watering down Heath Bars with filler, which used to taste like a thicker version real toffee Skor bar now. Fire um all!! Hopefully I can post a better review if cooked in oven instead and puffs up high as normal.

So happy that we can have this product shipped through Amazon as no longer legal to carry back in our suitcases. These are delicious and are perfect for Pacific NorthWest weather right now! They are a bit on the spendy side but it is so worth it! Thank you Amazon for helping to make this happen!

I bought myself 2 tins of this Fray Bentos classic. I have eaten them. Result. I remembered enjoyed this meal in the 1970's while I was living in the UK. However eating one ( then two ) of these tins makes me realise how much food has improved since the 1970's and I shall not be buying them again.

Pastry did not cook thoroughly. Steak and kidney was fine.

If you've been yearning for the flavor of kidneys, you 've got two options. Go down to the butcher, buy a pair of fresh ones, spend hour cleaning them and rinsing out some of that distinctive ammoniacal tang and aroma, broil them to a turn and enjoy! Half a day's work in the kitchen but worth it. Or, you can just preheat your oven, pop the top of this container, and give it a half hour or so to raise up. A fine golden pastry crust enclosing a rich broth of beef and kidneys. A kidney pot pie! And so easy! Fray Bentos is your go-to for British delicacies. Some close-minded folks would call it offal. I call it delish! If your taste for things British runs to eel pie and a toad in the hole, Fray Bentos has something for you!

Was not impressed on how it was packaged in the blue and white Amazon package, obviously it was miss handled, and because of this, the vacuum seal didn’t hold up. The pie itself was a huge letdown, as there was only a dessert spoonful of meat, it consisted mostly of gravy. Still tasted as I remembered.

Personally I love these pies. Pastry is crispy on top and softer underneath. Lots of flavour and enough for 2 people. Meat and gravy is so tasty.

A blast from the past! These were my favourites when I was a child - and they are still yummy. Reasonably priced too.....

I love these pies always been a favourite of mine, very tasty.

Enough for two. Useful to keep in cupboard (not a fridge) for an emergency meal. I feel it neeeds a bit more meat content, but cooked in a Air Fryer per instructions is tasty enough with sufficient gravy. For a quick, trouble-free meal, serve this with a green vegetable. Potatoes or Pasta not required.

love these pies so easy to cook