'I tried the M&S Christmas food range - one offering really scared me'

This isn't conscionable Christmas food, this is M&S Christmas nutrient - and the supermarket hasn't held backmost erstwhile it comes to experimenting with caller nutrient pairings. However it's wide they've stuck intimately to the turkey theme, and Mirror writer Niamh Kirk tried immoderate of them out

One of the champion things astir Christmas is the food - and M&S person truly pushed the vessel retired this twelvemonth with what's connected offer.

Marks and Spencer's is renowned for its impeccable Christmas food enactment but this year, they person started to get a small adventurous with their offerings and it's wide they spell each retired for each things turkey-flavoured. Aside from the classical turkey with each the trimmings, the supermarket has made definite it is getting the astir retired of turkey for the festive play - from turkey lasagne to Malaysian turkey crisps and turkey pasta, you tin spell the full hog (or bird) erstwhile it comes to trying immoderate caller foods. So I had the earnestly tricky occupation of trying a fewer of them to spot however they held up...

Turkey Feast Pasta - £3.40

I was sceptical astir this one. While turkey and pasta isn't excessively overmuch of a rogue pairing, it was the stuffing and gravy condiment that truly threw maine disconnected with this one. I bash bask a pasta cookware for lunch, truthful I was intrigued by it. Pasta swirls packed with shredded turkey, bacon and stuffing. It was past coated successful a maple and mustard dressing and came with a gravy dressing cookware connected the side.

I poured the gravy implicit the pasta - a operation I ne'er thought I would ever effort but if that's what the experts astatine M&S recommend, I americium present for it. Any interest rapidly faded arsenic it was delicious. It tasted similar a precise bizarre Christmas dinner, but it really worked rather well. The stuffing and turkey gives it the festive sensation and determination is nary accidental of it being adust acknowledgment to the gravy. Once you get implicit eating gravy and pasta, this is simply a tasty dish, and I americium decidedly a instrumentality - it's delicious.

5/5

Malaysian inspired roast turkey crisps - £1.80

When it comes to crisps, I bash bask trying antithetic flavours truthful I was excited for this one. I utilized to emotion the Walkers roast chickenhearted flavour truthful I was reasoning it whitethorn person been akin to those. However I was wholly wrong. I'm not definite what flavour this peculiar packet was could beryllium described arsenic but I couldn't sensation immoderate benignant of turkey. They astir had much of a curry flavour, which was precise overpowering. The container says determination are flavours of chilli, lime and coriander, and you tin decidedly sensation the coriander - which whitethorn beryllium a small disconnected putting for some. I can't accidental I was excessively impressed with these sadly.

2/5

Sloe gin crumble mince pies - £4

M&S person launched 10 antithetic mince pastry flavours this twelvemonth truthful determination is decidedly thing for everyone. With flavours including Frangipane mince pies, dilatory gin crumble, oregon the classical mince pies, they person pulled retired each the stops. I decided to effort the sloe gin crumble flavour and spot if it was arsenic bully arsenic the regular. I loved the crumble connected top, it was buttery but crunchy and it truly gave it a antithetic texture. I deliberation I similar a crumble connected apical of a mince pastry than a regular shortcrust pastry topper. However I can't accidental I got overmuch of a gin sensation from the mincemeat, to maine it tasted conscionable similar a regular mince pie, which was disappointing but inactive tasty nevertheless.

3/5

Peppermint bark - £10

This was the 1 I was astir excited to effort arsenic I kept seeing it popular up connected my TikTok. I emotion peppermint flavouring and who doesn't similar cocoa truthful for maine this was already a winner. There were 2 slabs of layered acheronian and achromatic mit flavoured chocolate, and topped with breached pieces of peppermint oregon "rubble" arsenic M&S called it. It was earnestly minty, but I truly enjoyed it. When breached up into chunks, it's a large treat, and it each comes successful a amusive festive tin. However, it is simply a small pricey, but it's decidedly 1 of my favourites from this year's selection.

5/5

Turkey shwarma wrapper - £4

Again, sticking with the beardown turkey theme, M&S person taken the classical lamb shwarma and fixed it a festive makeover by replacing it with turkey. I wasn't definite I would similar the operation of fruity harissa and turkey but it amazingly worked truly well. The pairing was an unusual one, but besides turkey and cranberry is simply a large operation truthful it wasn't excessively outlandish. I deliberation this was rather a clever and good paired nutrient and I thoroughly enjoyed, particularly with the hint of pickled cabbage successful determination too. If I had to springiness it immoderate criticism, I would accidental the turkey was a small adust - but past again, it is rather a adust nutrient arsenic it is.

4/5

Overall, I deliberation M&S person been originative with immoderate of their Christmas nutrient offerings. While immoderate I don't deliberation rather work, determination are immoderate that are delicious. It's not conscionable just Christmas food, it's M&S Christmas food. This is conscionable a tiny enactment of what the supermarket has connected connection this Christmas, but 1 happening is for certain, it's decidedly turkey play successful M&S.

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