That Ginsberg pasty was full of potato, there was very little swede. The meat was certainly not beef skirt. I’m not Cornish but I would not rate Ginsters compared to a real proper Cornish Pasty from a real Cornish bakery.
Hi! I'm Cornish, and we don't really eat Ginsters that much; most towns have bakers that do their own pasties (our local butcher does them as well!), that are far superior :) But Ginsters is all right, if you're late and all the bakers have sold out! I'm afraid the story about miners holding their pasties by the crimp is probably a legend; old photos show them holding their pasties in a bags or cloths; we've tried eating them holding them by the crimp, and it's really not practical. Hot or warm is proper for pasties, and they should be quite peppery, Ginsters do have that right. Always love someone brave enough to take on the Cornish pasty, as you've worked here, you know what we're like about our pasties! Things can get very heated quite quickly; I'm awaiting other Cornish people in the comments telling me how wrong I am about everything XD
Maybe the crimp for holding the pasty was developed & improved later. They certainly needed to hold the pasty with something as many of the mines had arsenic, lead etc in.
Having a crimp on pastry and bread for manual labourers with mucky hands is a tradition in many countries. Traditional pasties and Russian miners bread is similar 👍
As a Cornishman, living in Devon, the Cornish prefer to have their pasty from a local baker or butcher. But to be fair Ginsters is not bad as a second choice if desperate and they do use local produce. Their slices and things are also good.
I don't care if its commercial but I do enjoy the West Cornwall Pastry company in Train stations. Very filling and meaty. Large plain or steak and cheese.
Twice in my life, both times years ago, I lived near bakers who made their own pasties on the premises. The taste difference between a still hot, freshly made pasty, and a cold one is surprising. I don't like a pasty or pie that has no liquid in it when hot, and I no longer buy Ginsters because they have such a strong taste of pepper. I find the salt and pepper overwhelming.
You could say that Ginsters is the BigMac of cornish pasties. What I mean is that they are widely available and consistently 'ok' ~6/10. However, having grown up a few hundred yards across the Tamar from Cornwall (with Cornish relatives) I can say that homemade or local bakeries are FAR better. The best one I ever had, was whilst camping as a youngster on a farm near Lamorna Cove. The farmers wife made pasties daily for her massive adult sons - based on her grans recipe (a mining family). One day when we got back from the beach, there was one waiting for me. It was absolutely HUGE, and memorably delicious. Interestingly it was 2/3rds traditional (savoury), and 1/3rd sweet (apples). She said that the 'pasty' was basically a food container - and they would vary the contents a bit to provide variety, and historically it was also based on what was seasonally available. Forty years, and many hundreds of pasties later, that pasty has never been beaten. But I am still on the quest...😂
@@SuperLittleTyke It was a surprise to me as well. But what I can't remember (I was young and more interested in stuffing my face) was if/how she partitioned the savoury and sweet content. Although I quite often make pasties myself, when I see some nice beef skirt in our local Morrisons (but cheat on the pastry). My few attempts at making a two-filling pasty, have resulted in a runny mess (but still tasty) 😋
@@MuddyDuck... Practice makes perfect! It took me five years to simulate accurately a McDonald's Sausage and Egg McMuffin. I got there in the end (well, 95%) by experimenting with numerous patties or sausages squeezed out of the casing. By trying various brands of English muffin (it must be Warburtons, by the way), and by doing the egg in various ways - frying, poaching, using an egg ring etc. Now I can pretty much achieve it, yet I still go to McDonald's every Tuesday morning for the genuine article and pay £4.79 (which does include a hash brown and a white coffee).
Hot water Lard Pastry Beef Skirt in small cubes Spud and Swede just befor you wrap sprinkle a little gravy powder on the filling topped with 3 little knobs of butter wrap and bake Pasty Heaven folks ! I had em drooling down under, but now in Scotland Ginsters will do me
As a true Cornishman, i can say we use Ginsters pasties fr many things. They are great to wedge under your car's tyres if you have a flat to stop it running back. Also great if your leveling a shed to get the corner up.We use them for things like target practice although this is becoming uncommon due to ricochets and shooting ranges banning them. They make great boat fenders and are the perfect meal to serve someone you don't like and don't want to return. I think what I'm trying to say is as a Cornishman id rather sh!t in my hands and clap then eat one of those things. Many a BBQ has been ruined by a change in wind direction in Callington too.
Looks delicious! So refreshing to see a pie that's actually properly filled as well rather than just half filled which is often the case for a lot of your food reviews 👍
Can't really go wrong with these, you get a hearty meal for less than the price of a supermarket sandwich. The ingredients are perhaps not the best quality but then Cornish pasties were originally designed using left-over ingredients back in the days of coal miners, so can't really complain!
As we in Devon and Cornwall are spoiled rotten with bakeries making and selling pasties we tend to leave Ginsters pasties for export. "Ginsters, taking the pissty out of Cornwall" I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole.
When I used to work in Aylesbury, there was a baker's shop about 25m away from our office front door. I'd pop in there to get something for lunch as it was so close and reasonably priced. A couple of hot dogs in buns with English mustard, or their pasties. Being in Bucks, they weren't the traditional type where the crimp was on the side. These were smaller with the crimp down the centre. They were very tasty though. They also did lovely Chelsea buns. This was back in the late 80's so I'm sure they're long gone now. I don't mind a ginsters. I've been trying to find a way to get them here in the US but to no avail so far. I'll probably go looking up the recommended you tube video and have to put a pinny on and roll up my sleeves.
Had a similar experience to you in my youth. I was painting a house behind a pub down near the Severn and went into the pub, while I was (ahem) waiting for some paint to dry and they had pasties delivered from Cornwall on a pasty run for various pubs. They were huge at two shillings each and just amazing. Ginsters don't really compare, but are pretty tasty, as they seem to do something right with their lovely pastry and the moistness of the filling with plenty of seasoning. I think of them more as vegetarian, as there is very little meat content, but great when you're starving.
Like you mate I was very surprised by the quality of that pasty and watching you eat it had me salivating. I'm a Lancashire lad but 20 odd years ago I lived in Snozzle for a while and the locals down there avoided Ginsters like the plague and I too gave them a miss. The best traditional pasties were from the Pasty Shop in Snozzle. Having watched this video I'm definitely going to give Ginsters a second chance as they seem to have upped their game. Cheers mate.
British ingredients? Palm oil, coriander and turmeric? Right so, Ted. Guess they're covered under "seasoning to taste", but I do like me a Ginster's pasty👍. I like me pies and pasties cold, seems to increase the salty savouryness....if that's a word🤔
Ginsters supermarket pasties are mainly for anyone beyond Cornwall, although some who live here do eat them but only out of convenience, as a general rule of thumb Cornish people will eat other pasties in preference to Ginsters. BUT Ginsters do sponsor or support some sports here and the pasties they supply are totally different to the one you have reviewed, they have certainly improved in the last couple of years. Personally I prefer my pasties to be made with shortcrust pastry. So yes we do eat them - occasionally!!!
I seem to remember Ginsters pasties having more a crimp section and being shaped like more of a proper/traditional pasty approx 15 years or go or so, these current ones are OK tho particularly the cheese and onion
I don't eat Ginsters anymore since the price hikes. They are tasty - even when cold - but I can't justify the price when I can get a better version from a bakery cheaper. If I was a miner, I would not be throwing away any of my pasty. It was easier to wrap it in a handkerchief and use that to hold while you eat.
"It was easier to wrap it in a handkerchief and use that to hold while you eat." - That's what they did; if not a hanky, then it was wrapped in cloth or paper. The idea that the crust was specially designed to be a throw-away "handle" is an urban myth.
Thank you Gaz 👍🏆♥️ My son swears by Ginsters, he always eats his cold, I can only manage half of one hot, but as you say nothing compares to the real Cornish Pasty🤤😋
I recommend Sainsburys and Marks & 'Spensive own brand pasties. Check that they've got GB CQ627 on the small print indicates made by Ginsters but with a higher beef content 17 or 18 percent versus Ginsters 15 percent. Cheaper than Ginsters original. Good vid Gareth thanks 👍
I'm from Devon the home of the pasty, I eat these when they are a quid but to me they are not a proper Devon or Cornwall pasty sorry all those folk who thought they were indulging. Mass produce
Why is it, that after watching a video like this, I wish I had a pasty or a pie in the fridge? It's cruel, I tell ya! 🤭 Great review Gareth - as always 👍
Thanks for this one! Ginsters recently changed the look if their big beef pastie by adding a yellow band. Why? Because Pukka Pies now also do a big beef pastie at a similar price and by comparison Gingsters presentation was dull although quite classy. I've had some really dry, duff Cornish pasties in Cornwall, but never a bad one from the Cornwall based Gingsters. You might not like their black pepper, but it is a quality item. Hot and cold are so different. I prefer them hot. Wish they'd do a sweet 'pastie' also. The multi packs of 4 slightly smaller Gingsters pasties are pretty good value for the same quality. Thanks!
My wife had a pasty in Redruth from a bakery and she said it was the best she'd ever had. ( we were on holiday) I do not eat gluten so did not have one. So her opinion is that the Ginsters are a poor replica of a proper local baked job. But at a certain price may be worth eating if it was 99p.
Good morning Gareth! We all are aware on the history of this fine foodstuff, I imagine almost all were eaten cold, back in the day, but do taste far better warm/hot! The package is misleading, states 100% 'British Beef', but beef is only 15% of the contents. I treat myself to the real thing, imported from a Cornish traditional pasty maker to Hornchurch, Essex. Not cheap by comparison but worth the expense when affordable. VBW x
hi gareth. another great review on the cornish pasty. i buy the ginsters as i like the amount of pepper they put into there pies i enjoy hot with new potatoes just to make a meal have a great week ..
Hi again Gareth, I'm a proud Cornishman and grew up eating my authentic pasties made by my dear Gran (who could make em blindfolded!). As for Ginsters, well, you said it all. A fair substitute if you haven't time to make your own or as I am now not in Cornwall. Have the 'best' Pasty recipe BTW, easy and tasty certainly match the ones you had in Falmouth. Thanks for the video, all the best mate, Steve.
@@azman6568 Ingredients (serves 4) 150g peeled swede 250g peeled floury potatoes 100g onion, chopped 400g Skirt steak, cut into 1 cm pieces 1 egg, beaten Salt and freshly ground black pepper for the pastry : 500g plain flour 1 teaspoon salt 250g cold butter 150ml cold water Method For the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a bowl, add half the butter and rub it in with your fingers to fine crumbs. Stir in the rest of the butter and water and bring it together to form a soft dough. Knead briefly until smooth, roll out into a rough rectangle and Fold up the bottom one third and then fold down the top one third wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes. Unwrap the dough and roll it out again into a rectangle on a lightly floured surface. Fold up the bottom one third and then fold down the top one third and roll out once more. Repeat this process until all the pieces of fat have disappeared. Fold up the dough once more, wrap it in cling film and chill for another 30 minutes. For the filling, cut the swede and potatoes into 1 cm thick slices, then each slice lengthways into 1 cm thick ‘chips’. Cut these across into 5mm thick pieces. Mix the swede, potatoes, onion and steak together in a bowl with 1 teaspoon of salt and ¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper. Roll out the dough once more on a floured surface until it measures 3mmthick and cut out 4x 20 cm discs. Spoon equal amounts of the mixture into the centre of each pastry disc and lightly brush the edge of one half of the pastry disc with water. Bring the edges together over the top of the filling and press together well. Then, working from left to right, fold in the corner and then fold 2 ½ cm of the edge inwards. Fold over the next 2 ½ cm and continue like this along the edge, to create a rope-like design which will seal the pasty. Put them onto a greased baking sheet and brush them with beaten egg. Chill for 1 hour then bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Bake for 1 hour, turning them around after 30 minutes so they all brown evenly. Serve warm.
There's a video series from the early days of TH-cam on how to make a Cornish Pasty from people from Cornwall. It was uploaded around 2008. Search "Martin Tennant Cornish Pasty" and it will be easily found. It's of Martin Tennant's mother making a 'proper' Cornish Pasty,. Anyway, the reason I bring this up is because his mother (Diana) criticises Ginster's during the course of the video series, which goes some way to answering the question.
They certainly were full. Of potato! With added dots of grey meat. However, being from London, the options for a really good Cornish pasty is severely limited. Therefore, if you’re hungry, a Ginsters covered in HP sauce, is better than nowt! Reply
I eat these plus the chicken and mushroom slice and the peppered steak slice but my fave is the chicken and bacon pasty..even tried the chicken tikka one.but yes the cornish pasty is strong on pepper.
been buying these ginsters for a few months now,out of Poundland for £1.25.make a reasonable lunch or tea with chips and peas/beans.also other formats,steak,cheese,chicken.
A few days ago I had a Ginster's Cornish pasty, first time in quite a while. Like you this time I baked it, well, in the air fryer. It was much better than I remember them, not sure if they have improved or if it was because I heated it up properly instead of eating it cold or microwaved. I enjoyed it.
i lived in Cornwall for 25 years, the local cornish pasties were awesome. The bakers even did an apple and custard pasty or rhubarb and custard one. happy days
Now that i have a mini oven first time cooking these in an oven and they taste way better than the microwave , just had mine with peas and potatoes and gravy a very nice cheap meal total cost £1.50p cant beat that value for money.
I won't lie, I enjoy a Ginster's pastie. However, although there are many pasties out there, Ivor Dewdney was my pastie of choice when I lived in Plymouth back in the 80's and 90's.
I was a big Ginsters fan but one day I tried my local butchers that was it I was well and truly hooked ! Not only his Cornish Pasties but all the other pies and pasties that he made . You pay for quality and you get quality.
Too right if you are ever in Carlisle go to the large Houghton Garden centre . There is a Butchers in The Garden Centre and their Steak and Haggis butchers pies are delicious. You can spend the day at that Garden Centre.
In the 90s i delivered for Kerry Foods we had vans based in Exeter Plymouth and Bodmin. We used to have a lorry arrive in Plymouth and he would bring Cornisn Pastys and Apple Pastys i think they were made by the Cornish Pasty Company and he was a brother from the Ginster Family who set up his own company, they were worth eating.
Are Ginsters not actually based in Devon? I know they used to sponsor Plymouth Argyle FC. I don’t mind a Ginsters at all to take off a shop shelf for convenience but homemade ones are far better! Top video once again mate! …. Smithy
From what I’ve tasted when I’ve been in Cornwall versus the Ginsters pasties, the fresh ones are much more tasty. This one you’ve reviewed does look nice & they might be much improved , as a long time since I last had one.
Just come back from Ozzie after many years two things ozzies can;t make are sausages and pasties ! Found the Ginsters in the Co-op WOW fabulous ! I have made my own in the past to a strict Cornish recipe and I nailed it, Ginsters will do me, Cheers I have the same oven as you by the way great bit of kit !
Paid £2.50 each and got 6 Cornish Pasties from a Pasty company in Cornwall, they are the real deal, skirt beef, swede, potato, all the fixin's! And uncooked, so you can cook them the way you want! Just like what I had as a kid when we went to Devon for family holidays!
When I lived in England I ate cornish pasties all of the time! I live in Ireland these past 20 years and I eat them sometimes! I'm english but I like living in Ireland mate! Looks nice that does!!
Happy Sunday Gareth, so glad to see one of my families favourites 😊. Ginsters whole range of baked goods are fabulous.,and at least once a week we have one tasty snack from them for tea.Only 1 tiny quibble, the meat content shoulb be thin sliced skirt beef,and not minced beef. Now a funny thing Gareth, i can't eat one cold from the packet😢But,reheated at home,left to cool?Next day beautiful cold picnic or lunch snack. Someone told me its about molecules getting mixed up 😮 What the wife says about pasties&me can't be put on youtube 😂😂😂😂. Over the coming months you could review other items on the Ginsters list😊keep the new lifestyle going uou look well on it ❤❤ Cheers Allan&Family 😊
Pleased you told the cornish pastry story, I’ve had those- and not had anything like them outside Cornwall, ever. Means you know what a real one tastes like and looks like!!!
I have one occasionally sometimes hot sometimes cold. When I have it warmed up i like to have it with mashed potato and baked beans and occasionally cold with spring onion radish and tomato
Looks really good! The one thing about Ginsberg is they are consistent in quality. The last time I was in the UK they were two for the price of one in Tesco. The first one never ever survived the car park! Very good value for money. It is a little unfortunate that a lot of the “traditional” bakers and butchers are charging a fortune for something similar. I have now managed to source Swede here and am managing to make some myself! Nothing wrong with Ginsberg at all!!
As a Lincolnshire lad who used to holiday in Cornwall I prefer local bakery pasties to ginsters whick I find a bit to peppery. We always came away from Cornwall with a tray of pasties as we loved them
Oh if you get round to it Gaz, try Bisto hotpots you won't be disappointed. Bisto gravy mmmm. I don't work for Heron foods honest, but shop there all the time, great helpful polite staff.👍
Cornish people eat Barnecutts pasties. When l lived in Plymouth Devon 40 years ago, it was lvor Dewdney's pasties if in town or Ron Dewdney's if near Devonport Dockyard. A filling lunch, happy days!
I do like a Ginsters pasty, as you said they are nice and peppery. However I live in Somerset so not far from Cornwall and everytime I go there I have a proper pasty, I've had some amazing ones.
Gareth I have had the Ginters ones before and they are OK, but I don't rate them as highly as the Pukka ones. However, no self respecting pasty likes to be eaten without an accompaniment of baked beans and brown sauce. I picked up some Stokes brown sauce after one of your sauce reviews and I can confirm that Stokes brown sauce works perfectly.
Greetings from Falmouth, thanks for the mention. I agree that the Ginster pasty will probably satisfy most people, outside of the County, who don’t know better. But it’s not on a par with a real Cornish pasty. So it’s a definite no to eating one from me.
Hiya Gareth great vid brought back fond memories of the 80's and 90's always had them for my work lunch sometimes 2 depending how hungry I was though they were better then with the thick edge rolled like a proper cornish pasty and slightly bigger but always full of filling and obviously very tasty think they used to be about 80p then dont like how they are now crimped edges the extra rolled edge gave you that little extra filling up too was my favourite part too 😋 yum yum. Way too expensive now though and with that spoiled look go for cheaper alternatives these days just as tasty but downside is a bit lesser filling compromises heigh!! Keep your vids coming great work Gareth 👍👍
Hi Gaz, Ginsters steak pie delicious as all Ginsters pies, price shot up I know but shop in Heron foods and they do special offers with Ginsters, your love broadcast last night was brill and you looked as if you were enjoying every minute lad, good luck for the future well done mate.👍
Hi Gareth. Lucky you can get a Cornish pasty even if it's a commercially made one. I'm sure those blue blood Cornish would prefer an authentic original recipe over a Ginsters. The right to be made in Cornwall England only is like JD Tennessee whiskey can only be made in the state of Tennessee and nowhere else. But Kentucky bourbon can be made in any of the states of America, including Canada if the need be. Which it probably is for Kentucky blends. Canadian Club distilles more than just for the club. The commercial bakeries in Australia cannot use the Cornish tag on their pasties neither. It's either beef and or vegetable pasty only. I like our Mrs Mac made beef and vegetable pasty. It's always full and never a disappointment and no bloody corn in it too... Whoever it was that suggested using corn in a Cornish style pasty ought to be put in the Stockade and have corn cobs thrown at them. Nice review. Cheers Gareth 👍🤤😀
I have actually made pasties from a recipe I got from a man whose mother was born and raised in England. They were yummy, although I do not remember putting "swedes" in them. We call them rutabagas here.
Gareth I’m from Wales I make a pastie pie 😂 boiled potatoes, onions and corned beef. Basically a corn beef hash put on a plate with pastry it’s a pie. pastie pie 😂😂😂❤❤
I tried a Pukka steak pie, after you done a taste test, and was well impressed, especially for the price. Last week I gave their Beef (Cornish?) pasty a go, it was one of the best I have tried, full, tasty & well seasoned.
As a Boltonian living in Denmark, the thing I miss the most are pasties and pies, pies pies pies - swirling past my eyes as I dream . I had a Ginsters pasty once from a service station on one of my visits to the UK - we ate it cold, I say we, it was the wife and I - after finishing the pasty, the wife informed me that she wanted a divorce - now I have no evidence that the pasty was to blame - nor do I blame Ginsters - however seeing as I am now wifeless and living in a small shed at the end of my friends garden - I still do miss pasties.
Nice review Mr G.. I always found Ginsters cornish pasties the best.. They also make the best scotch eggs but have not seen them in the shops for years.. 😊
The only thing I dislike about Ginsters pasties is the quality of meat is not always great. Several times I have found grisley bits which does tend to put me off.
Had a proper Cornish pasty in Cornwall when i was young also, i was probably around 10, so would've been the 80s. Wont ever forget it, same as ive only had proper Devon cream in Devon. 😀
As a Cornishman born and bred I can tell you that no self respecting Cornishman would be seen dead eating a Ginsters Pasty lol.
Agreed , the only 5hing worse than Ginsters is Greggs .
I bet there's some in your freezer right now .🤣🤣🤣
That Ginsberg pasty was full of potato, there was very little swede. The meat was certainly not beef skirt. I’m not Cornish but I would not rate Ginsters compared to a real proper Cornish Pasty from a real Cornish bakery.
@@mikeskitt6411what Ginsberg pasty it's ginsters.🤣
Lol
Hi! I'm Cornish, and we don't really eat Ginsters that much; most towns have bakers that do their own pasties (our local butcher does them as well!), that are far superior :) But Ginsters is all right, if you're late and all the bakers have sold out! I'm afraid the story about miners holding their pasties by the crimp is probably a legend; old photos show them holding their pasties in a bags or cloths; we've tried eating them holding them by the crimp, and it's really not practical. Hot or warm is proper for pasties, and they should be quite peppery, Ginsters do have that right. Always love someone brave enough to take on the Cornish pasty, as you've worked here, you know what we're like about our pasties! Things can get very heated quite quickly; I'm awaiting other Cornish people in the comments telling me how wrong I am about everything XD
I am seeing a relative in Truro next week, I will keep an eye out for a local bakers
Like Gareth, I like food to be a bit peppery, too.
Maybe the crimp for holding the pasty was developed & improved later. They certainly needed to hold the pasty with something as many of the mines had arsenic, lead etc in.
Having a crimp on pastry and bread for manual labourers with mucky hands is a tradition in many countries. Traditional pasties and Russian miners bread is similar 👍
@@sarahstrong7174 Couldn't they have used a knife and fork and a plate?
As a Cornishman, living in Devon, the Cornish prefer to have their pasty from a local baker or butcher. But to be fair Ginsters is not bad as a second choice if desperate and they do use local produce. Their slices and things are also good.
Arrrrrr get back home you 🤣
Ginsters use to have a mountain of Cornish turnips on site saw it a few times I use to deliver supplies to them.
I don't care if its commercial but I do enjoy the West Cornwall Pastry company in Train stations. Very filling and meaty. Large plain or steak and cheese.
They sound nice! I haven’t been to Cornwall in over 25yrs 😅
Twice in my life, both times years ago, I lived near bakers who made their own pasties on the premises. The taste difference between a still hot, freshly made pasty, and a cold one is surprising.
I don't like a pasty or pie that has no liquid in it when hot, and I no longer buy Ginsters because they have such a strong taste of pepper. I find the salt and pepper overwhelming.
Salt and pepper overwhelming? Surely just "well-seasoned"!
They’re meant to be really peppery. I like my food really seasoned 😅
I’m with you on not liking a dry pasty. Got to be in plenty of tasty gravy. Meat and potatoes or just meat of any kind 😅
Totally agree on the pepper,way too seasoned for me and detracts from the whole thing. And I love pepper,too much swede too
Over-seasoning ruins food.@@polymath9372
You could say that Ginsters is the BigMac of cornish pasties. What I mean is that they are widely available and consistently 'ok' ~6/10.
However, having grown up a few hundred yards across the Tamar from Cornwall (with Cornish relatives) I can say that homemade or local bakeries are FAR better.
The best one I ever had, was whilst camping as a youngster on a farm near Lamorna Cove. The farmers wife made pasties daily for her massive adult sons - based on her grans recipe (a mining family). One day when we got back from the beach, there was one waiting for me. It was absolutely HUGE, and memorably delicious.
Interestingly it was 2/3rds traditional (savoury), and 1/3rd sweet (apples). She said that the 'pasty' was basically a food container - and they would vary the contents a bit to provide variety, and historically it was also based on what was seasonally available.
Forty years, and many hundreds of pasties later, that pasty has never been beaten. But I am still on the quest...😂
What a great analogy
Oh yes, now you mention it, I've heard of pasties with meat and potato on one side and apple on the other. Never actually seen one, though.
@@SuperLittleTyke It was a surprise to me as well. But what I can't remember (I was young and more interested in stuffing my face) was if/how she partitioned the savoury and sweet content.
Although I quite often make pasties myself, when I see some nice beef skirt in our local Morrisons (but cheat on the pastry). My few attempts at making a two-filling pasty, have resulted in a runny mess (but still tasty) 😋
@@MuddyDuck... Practice makes perfect! It took me five years to simulate accurately a McDonald's Sausage and Egg McMuffin. I got there in the end (well, 95%) by experimenting with numerous patties or sausages squeezed out of the casing. By trying various brands of English muffin (it must be Warburtons, by the way), and by doing the egg in various ways - frying, poaching, using an egg ring etc. Now I can pretty much achieve it, yet I still go to McDonald's every Tuesday morning for the genuine article and pay £4.79 (which does include a hash brown and a white coffee).
Hot water Lard Pastry Beef Skirt in small cubes Spud and Swede just befor you wrap sprinkle a little gravy powder on the filling topped with 3 little knobs of butter wrap and bake Pasty Heaven folks ! I had em drooling down under, but now in Scotland Ginsters will do me
As a true Cornishman, i can say we use Ginsters pasties fr many things. They are great to wedge under your car's tyres if you have a flat to stop it running back. Also great if your leveling a shed to get the corner up.We use them for things like target practice although this is becoming uncommon due to ricochets and shooting ranges banning them. They make great boat fenders and are the perfect meal to serve someone you don't like and don't want to return. I think what I'm trying to say is as a Cornishman id rather sh!t in my hands and clap then eat one of those things. Many a BBQ has been ruined by a change in wind direction in Callington too.
Looks delicious! So refreshing to see a pie that's actually properly filled as well rather than just half filled which is often the case for a lot of your food reviews 👍
Yes I couldn't believe it lol
Nice video. I enjoy a Ginsters Cornish Pasty from time to time 👍
Thanks 👍
Good review Gaz. Pasty looked really nice. The problem with Ginsters is that most people eat them cold in the car! Definitely better warmed up.
Very true
Can't really go wrong with these, you get a hearty meal for less than the price of a supermarket sandwich. The ingredients are perhaps not the best quality but then Cornish pasties were originally designed using left-over ingredients back in the days of coal miners, so can't really complain!
That's a good comparison with a sandwich. I even paid £1.50 for a Tesco cheese and onion sandwich last Friday, which I'm about to eat.
I think you'll find we never mined coal here but tin, copper and other minerals - never coal.
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My dad, bless him, wouldn't eat any meal without having warmed the plates before hand 😊 I do the same, habit i guess 😅❤
Yes! Always warm the plates. But none of my relatives does. Always cold plates out of the cupboard. Weird.
@@SuperLittleTyke quite agree, hot food, hot plate !
Plates were always warmed and the teapot was warmed before making a cuppa. I do the same too - old habits ….😂
I think real Cornish pasties have proper chunks of beef in them not minced beef!
Just watching your vidio ive got one in the fridge for 2moro
Beef Curtains 😏
I think its chuck steak if im not mistaken
@@robbiekop7😂😂😂
I had 1 of these on Thursday bought from the co-op £2.65, tasted nothing like an original pasty in Cornwall 🤔
£1.95 Asda
As we in Devon and Cornwall are spoiled rotten with bakeries making and selling pasties we tend to leave Ginsters pasties for export. "Ginsters, taking the pissty out of Cornwall" I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole.
When I used to work in Aylesbury, there was a baker's shop about 25m away from our office front door.
I'd pop in there to get something for lunch as it was so close and reasonably priced. A couple of hot dogs in buns with English mustard, or their pasties. Being in Bucks, they weren't the traditional type where the crimp was on the side. These were smaller with the crimp down the centre. They were very tasty though.
They also did lovely Chelsea buns. This was back in the late 80's so I'm sure they're long gone now.
I don't mind a ginsters. I've been trying to find a way to get them here in the US but to no avail so far. I'll probably go looking up the recommended you tube video and have to put a pinny on and roll up my sleeves.
Oh then Chelsea buns yum been a while since I had one of them. All the best pal 👍
Had a similar experience to you in my youth. I was painting a house behind a pub down near the Severn and went into the pub, while I was (ahem) waiting for some paint to dry and they had pasties delivered from Cornwall on a pasty run for various pubs. They were huge at two shillings each and just amazing. Ginsters don't really compare, but are pretty tasty, as they seem to do something right with their lovely pastry and the moistness of the filling with plenty of seasoning. I think of them more as vegetarian, as there is very little meat content, but great when you're starving.
Hi Gareth I’ve just been to Cornwall for a week and had a Cornish pastie it was out of this world absolutely delicious 😊
The Ginster pasties closer to the factory indeed taste fresher, I use to buy them close to the A374 Embankment Rd.
Had these for tea the other day. They were ok 👍but mostly potato and onion. Very little beef
We have these quite frequently at home accompanied by Heinz baked beans - delicious!
Like you mate I was very surprised by the quality of that pasty and watching you eat it had me salivating. I'm a Lancashire lad but 20 odd years ago I lived in Snozzle for a while and the locals down there avoided Ginsters like the plague and I too gave them a miss. The best traditional pasties were from the Pasty Shop in Snozzle. Having watched this video I'm definitely going to give Ginsters a second chance as they seem to have upped their game. Cheers mate.
You're welcome 😊
British ingredients? Palm oil, coriander and turmeric? Right so, Ted. Guess they're covered under "seasoning to taste", but I do like me a Ginster's pasty👍.
I like me pies and pasties cold, seems to increase the salty savouryness....if that's a word🤔
It’s the opposite for me. Warming them up melts the grease in turn releasing the flavours from the fat.
Browning the pastry off releases even more flavours 😂
Yes, the only ones my Dad would ever eat
Ginsters supermarket pasties are mainly for anyone beyond Cornwall, although some who live here do eat them but only out of convenience, as a general rule of thumb Cornish people will eat other pasties in preference to Ginsters. BUT Ginsters do sponsor or support some sports here and the pasties they supply are totally different to the one you have reviewed, they have certainly improved in the last couple of years. Personally I prefer my pasties to be made with shortcrust pastry. So yes we do eat them - occasionally!!!
I totally agree 👍 no snobbery here.
Reviewed thoroughly- you can’t beat a pasty when in the mood 👌🙌👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Happy Sunday
Happy Monday 😊
I seem to remember Ginsters pasties having more a crimp section and being shaped like more of a proper/traditional pasty approx 15 years or go or so, these current ones are OK tho particularly the cheese and onion
I don't eat Ginsters anymore since the price hikes. They are tasty - even when cold - but I can't justify the price when I can get a better version from a bakery cheaper.
If I was a miner, I would not be throwing away any of my pasty. It was easier to wrap it in a handkerchief and use that to hold while you eat.
"It was easier to wrap it in a handkerchief and use that to hold while you eat." - That's what they did; if not a hanky, then it was wrapped in cloth or paper. The idea that the crust was specially designed to be a throw-away "handle" is an urban myth.
@@ftumschk Yup. It was the best way of sealing the food inside rather than have the gravy dribble out after baking.
Look for the pack of four they sell in farm foods or Iceland , they will cost £3.50 - £4. Much cheaper than buying them individually.
Thank you Gaz 👍🏆♥️ My son swears by Ginsters, he always eats his cold, I can only manage half of one hot, but as you say nothing compares to the real Cornish Pasty🤤😋
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I recommend Sainsburys and Marks & 'Spensive own brand pasties. Check that they've got GB CQ627 on the small print indicates made by Ginsters but with a higher beef content 17 or 18 percent versus Ginsters 15 percent. Cheaper than Ginsters original. Good vid Gareth thanks 👍
Spensive lol yes they are lol tasty though.
I'm from Devon the home of the pasty, I eat these when they are a quid but to me they are not a proper Devon or Cornwall pasty sorry all those folk who thought they were indulging. Mass produce
Why is it, that after watching a video like this, I wish I had a pasty or a pie in the fridge? It's cruel, I tell ya! 🤭
Great review Gareth - as always 👍
Haha cheers
Thanks for this one! Ginsters recently changed the look if their big beef pastie by adding a yellow band. Why? Because Pukka Pies now also do a big beef pastie at a similar price and by comparison Gingsters presentation was dull although quite classy.
I've had some really dry, duff Cornish pasties in Cornwall, but never a bad one from the Cornwall based Gingsters. You might not like their black pepper, but it is a quality item. Hot and cold are so different. I prefer them hot. Wish they'd do a sweet 'pastie' also. The multi packs of 4 slightly smaller Gingsters pasties are pretty good value for the same quality. Thanks!
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My wife had a pasty in Redruth from a bakery and she said it was the best she'd ever had. ( we were on holiday) I do not eat gluten so did not have one. So her opinion is that the Ginsters are a poor replica of a proper local baked job. But at a certain price may be worth eating if it was 99p.
Good morning Gareth! We all are aware on the history of this fine foodstuff, I imagine almost all were eaten cold, back in the day, but do taste far better warm/hot! The package is misleading, states 100% 'British Beef', but beef is only 15% of the contents. I treat myself to the real thing, imported from a Cornish traditional pasty maker to Hornchurch, Essex. Not cheap by comparison but worth the expense when affordable. VBW x
No, it's not misleading. All it's saying is 15% beef, and 100% of that beef is British.
Our favourite pasties are Hampsons or Philps from Hayle. If pushed, we'll accept a Rowes. There are some good independent bakeries too
Hi Gaz. I don’t mind them, especially sometimes when there on special offer for a quid. And me being totally weird like em cold. Fabulous video Gaz.
hi gareth. another great review on the cornish pasty. i buy the ginsters as i like the amount of pepper they put into there pies i enjoy hot with new potatoes just to make a meal have a great week ..
Cheers Wesley
Hi again Gareth, I'm a proud Cornishman and grew up eating my authentic pasties made by my dear Gran (who could make em blindfolded!). As for Ginsters, well, you said it all. A fair substitute if you haven't time to make your own or as I am now not in Cornwall. Have the 'best' Pasty recipe BTW, easy and tasty certainly match the ones you had in Falmouth. Thanks for the video, all the best mate, Steve.
Cheers Steve
West's the recipe I'd like to try I'd you don't mind
@@azman6568 Ingredients (serves 4)
150g peeled swede
250g peeled floury potatoes
100g onion, chopped
400g Skirt steak, cut into 1 cm pieces
1 egg, beaten
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
for the pastry :
500g plain flour
1 teaspoon salt
250g cold butter
150ml cold water
Method
For the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a bowl, add half the butter and rub it in with your fingers to fine crumbs. Stir in the rest of the butter and water and bring it together to form a soft dough. Knead briefly until smooth, roll out into a rough rectangle and Fold up the bottom one third and then fold down the top one third wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.
Unwrap the dough and roll it out again into a rectangle on a lightly floured surface. Fold up the bottom one third and then fold down the top one third and roll out once more. Repeat this process until all the pieces of fat have disappeared. Fold up the dough once more, wrap it in cling film and chill for another 30 minutes.
For the filling, cut the swede and potatoes into 1 cm thick slices, then each slice lengthways into 1 cm thick ‘chips’. Cut these across into 5mm thick pieces. Mix the swede, potatoes, onion and steak together in a bowl with 1 teaspoon of salt and ¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper.
Roll out the dough once more on a floured surface until it measures 3mmthick and cut out 4x 20 cm discs. Spoon equal amounts of the mixture into the centre of each pastry disc and lightly brush the edge of one half of the pastry disc with water. Bring the edges together over the top of the filling and press together well. Then, working from left to right, fold in the corner and then fold 2 ½ cm of the edge inwards. Fold over the next 2 ½ cm and continue like this along the edge, to create a rope-like design which will seal the pasty. Put them onto a greased baking sheet and brush them with beaten egg. Chill for 1 hour then bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Bake for 1 hour, turning them around after 30 minutes so they all brown evenly. Serve warm.
There's a video series from the early days of TH-cam on how to make a Cornish Pasty from people from Cornwall. It was uploaded around 2008. Search "Martin Tennant Cornish Pasty" and it will be easily found. It's of Martin Tennant's mother making a 'proper' Cornish Pasty,. Anyway, the reason I bring this up is because his mother (Diana) criticises Ginster's during the course of the video series, which goes some way to answering the question.
They certainly were full. Of potato! With added dots of grey meat.
However, being from London, the options for a really good Cornish pasty is severely limited. Therefore, if you’re hungry, a Ginsters covered in HP sauce, is better than nowt!
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I eat these plus the chicken and mushroom slice and the peppered steak slice but my fave is the chicken and bacon pasty..even tried the chicken tikka one.but yes the cornish pasty is strong on pepper.
been buying these ginsters for a few months now,out of Poundland for £1.25.make a reasonable lunch or tea with chips and peas/beans.also other formats,steak,cheese,chicken.
Poundland for £1.25 😂
Yes definitely Jim
A few days ago I had a Ginster's Cornish pasty, first time in quite a while. Like you this time I baked it, well, in the air fryer. It was much better than I remember them, not sure if they have improved or if it was because I heated it up properly instead of eating it cold or microwaved. I enjoyed it.
i lived in Cornwall for 25 years, the local cornish pasties were awesome. The bakers even did an apple and custard pasty or rhubarb and custard one. happy days
Lovely to hear your memories of a real Cornish pasty. Food evokes such clear memories. 😀
Haha yes
Great review Gaz I enjoy them cold and nice to see them full off ingredients for a change and keep up with the great reviews 👏👏👍👍
full of potato lol
Cheers Peter
Now that i have a mini oven first time cooking these in an oven and they taste way better than the microwave , just had mine with peas and potatoes and gravy a very nice cheap meal total cost £1.50p cant beat that value for money.
Cheers Christine
@@BaldFoodieGuy Cheers Gaz 🍻
I won't lie, I enjoy a Ginster's pastie. However, although there are many pasties out there, Ivor Dewdney was my pastie of choice when I lived in Plymouth back in the 80's and 90's.
I was a big Ginsters fan but one day I tried my local butchers that was it I was well and truly hooked ! Not only his Cornish Pasties but all the other pies and pasties that he made . You pay for quality and you get quality.
Too right if you are ever in Carlisle go to the large Houghton Garden centre . There is a Butchers in The Garden Centre and their Steak and Haggis butchers pies are delicious. You can spend the day at that Garden Centre.
In the 90s i delivered for Kerry Foods we had vans based in Exeter Plymouth and Bodmin. We used to have a lorry arrive in Plymouth and he would bring Cornisn Pastys and Apple Pastys i think they were made by the Cornish Pasty Company and he was a brother from the Ginster Family who set up his own company, they were worth eating.
Are Ginsters not actually based in Devon? I know they used to sponsor Plymouth Argyle FC. I don’t mind a Ginsters at all to take off a shop shelf for convenience but homemade ones are far better! Top video once again mate! …. Smithy
From what I’ve tasted when I’ve been in Cornwall versus the Ginsters pasties, the fresh ones are much more tasty. This one you’ve reviewed does look nice & they might be much improved , as a long time since I last had one.
Just come back from Ozzie after many years two things ozzies can;t make are sausages and pasties ! Found the Ginsters in the Co-op WOW fabulous ! I have made my own in the past to a strict Cornish recipe and I nailed it, Ginsters will do me, Cheers I have the same oven as you by the way great bit of kit !
for those of us who do not live in cornwall , these are the best of the alternatives
I like the Chef Select pasty from Lidl ..... only £1.19 in my central London Lidl store and very good
Made in Cornwall,seems identical to Ginsters 🤔
Paid £2.50 each and got 6 Cornish Pasties from a Pasty company in Cornwall, they are the real deal, skirt beef, swede, potato, all the fixin's! And uncooked, so you can cook them the way you want! Just like what I had as a kid when we went to Devon for family holidays!
When I lived in England I ate cornish pasties all of the time! I live in Ireland these past 20 years and I eat them sometimes! I'm english but I like living in Ireland mate! Looks nice that does!!
Love a Ginsters pasty or slice, and the Cornish pasties are my absolute favourite!😋
Happy Sunday Gareth, so glad to see one of my families favourites 😊. Ginsters whole range of baked goods are fabulous.,and at least once a week we have one tasty snack from them for tea.Only 1 tiny quibble, the meat content shoulb be thin sliced skirt beef,and not minced beef. Now a funny thing Gareth, i can't eat one cold from the packet😢But,reheated at home,left to cool?Next day beautiful cold picnic or lunch snack. Someone told me its about molecules getting mixed up 😮 What the wife says about pasties&me can't be put on youtube 😂😂😂😂. Over the coming months you could review other items on the Ginsters list😊keep the new lifestyle going uou look well on it ❤❤ Cheers Allan&Family 😊
Happy Mondays lol cheers pal
I would try if I see it around. Sounds great , Love you videos , watching from Canada 🇨🇦, Nanaimo BC . Take care
Cheers
Love a ginsters pasty! Especially slathered with brown sauce!! (Recommend!)
great video Gazz am starving now
So nice to see a MAN enjoy his food ❤
Pleased you told the cornish pastry story, I’ve had those- and not had anything like them outside Cornwall, ever. Means you know what a real one tastes like and looks like!!!
I have tried them.. Lots of filling! Nice 👍
They are very peppery I calm it with good old Tom sauce. Spot on.
I like them too. You should try the Pukka pasty, it is very similar.
I have one occasionally sometimes hot sometimes cold. When I have it warmed up i like to have it with mashed potato and baked beans and occasionally cold with spring onion radish and tomato
They looked lovely, glad you reviewed this for us. Go and do 50 press ups to compensate lol xx
Looks really good! The one thing about Ginsberg is they are consistent in quality. The last time I was in the UK they were two for the price of one in Tesco. The first one never ever survived the car park! Very good value for money. It is a little unfortunate that a lot of the “traditional” bakers and butchers are charging a fortune for something similar. I have now managed to source Swede here and am managing to make some myself! Nothing wrong with Ginsberg at all!!
Anyone from Cornwall eat these?😂😂😂 I hope not lol keep up the good work my man!
Hey Gareth!!!!! ❤ 😊
Love your vids Gareth, I too am a Gareth 👊👊🤣🤣
As a Lincolnshire lad who used to holiday in Cornwall I prefer local bakery pasties to ginsters whick I find a bit to peppery. We always came away from Cornwall with a tray of pasties as we loved them
Oh if you get round to it Gaz, try Bisto hotpots you won't be disappointed. Bisto gravy mmmm. I don't work for Heron foods honest, but shop there all the time, great helpful polite staff.👍
Cornish people eat Barnecutts pasties. When l lived in Plymouth Devon 40 years ago, it was lvor Dewdney's pasties if in town or Ron Dewdney's if near Devonport Dockyard. A filling lunch, happy days!
I do like a Ginsters pasty, as you said they are nice and peppery. However I live in Somerset so not far from Cornwall and everytime I go there I have a proper pasty, I've had some amazing ones.
I lived in Cornwall in the 80s for me it had to be portreath pasties for me they were the best used to travel from Redruth to get them
Gareth I have had the Ginters ones before and they are OK, but I don't rate them as highly as the Pukka ones. However, no self respecting pasty likes to be eaten without an accompaniment of baked beans and brown sauce. I picked up some Stokes brown sauce after one of your sauce reviews and I can confirm that Stokes brown sauce works perfectly.
Is tasty that stokes
I don't mind a Cornish pastie. Thanks for another honest review 💜💜💜
You’re welcome 😊
They source a lot of their ingredients locally - I regularly pass by a farm on the outskirts of Torpoint that supplies them with spuds.
Gingster's also do a Beef Pasty----very nice. Nicely seasoned with a peppery aftertaste..... About £1.35 most places.
Hi Gareth lots of love from Dublin massive
All the best
Wow, they really are full, nice!
I too have the fondest memories of my first time eating a Cornish Pastie in Sennen Cove in 1972 😋
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Greetings from Falmouth, thanks for the mention. I agree that the Ginster pasty will probably satisfy most people, outside of the County, who don’t know better. But it’s not on a par with a real Cornish pasty. So it’s a definite no to eating one from me.
I love a pie and a pasty so keep it up fella.
Hiya Gareth great vid brought back fond memories of the 80's and 90's always had them for my work lunch sometimes 2 depending how hungry I was though they were better then with the thick edge rolled like a proper cornish pasty and slightly bigger but always full of filling and obviously very tasty think they used to be about 80p then dont like how they are now crimped edges the extra rolled edge gave you that little extra filling up too was my favourite part too 😋 yum yum. Way too expensive now though and with that spoiled look go for cheaper alternatives these days just as tasty but downside is a bit lesser filling compromises heigh!! Keep your vids coming great work Gareth 👍👍
Thanks you're welcome 😊
Hi Gaz, Ginsters steak pie delicious as all Ginsters pies, price shot up I know but shop in Heron foods and they do special offers with Ginsters, your love broadcast last night was brill and you looked as if you were enjoying every minute lad, good luck for the future well done mate.👍
Cheers pal
Hi Gareth.
Lucky you can get a Cornish pasty even if it's a commercially made one.
I'm sure those blue blood Cornish would prefer an authentic original recipe over a Ginsters.
The right to be made in Cornwall England only is like JD Tennessee whiskey can only be made in the state of Tennessee and nowhere else. But Kentucky bourbon can be made in any of the states of America, including Canada if the need be. Which it probably is for Kentucky blends. Canadian Club distilles more than just for the club.
The commercial bakeries in Australia cannot use the Cornish tag on their pasties neither. It's either beef and or vegetable pasty only.
I like our Mrs Mac made beef and vegetable pasty. It's always full and never a disappointment and no bloody corn in it too...
Whoever it was that suggested using corn in a Cornish style pasty ought to be put in the Stockade and have corn cobs thrown at them.
Nice review.
Cheers Gareth 👍🤤😀
Cheers John all the best pal 😊
Looks very similar to what we Scots call a " Bridie" except less vegetables an mainly meat and onion, really good
I have actually made pasties from a recipe I got from a man whose mother was born and raised in England. They were yummy, although I do not remember putting "swedes" in them. We call them rutabagas here.
Gareth I’m from Wales I make a pastie pie 😂 boiled potatoes, onions and corned beef. Basically a corn beef hash put on a plate with pastry it’s a pie. pastie pie 😂😂😂❤❤
I tried a Pukka steak pie, after you done a taste test, and was well impressed, especially for the price. Last week I gave their Beef (Cornish?) pasty a go, it was one of the best I have tried, full, tasty & well seasoned.
Their meat & potato are just as good too, far better than any Hollands pies
Thanks for sharing
As a Boltonian living in Denmark, the thing I miss the most are pasties and pies, pies pies pies - swirling past my eyes as I dream . I had a Ginsters pasty once from a service station on one of my visits to the UK - we ate it cold, I say we, it was the wife and I - after finishing the pasty, the wife informed me that she wanted a divorce - now I have no evidence that the pasty was to blame - nor do I blame Ginsters - however seeing as I am now wifeless and living in a small shed at the end of my friends garden - I still do miss pasties.
Cheers Jack, all the best
As a german carpenter master Who worked 3 years in denmark. No Problem. Cook your own pastry. Best supermarkets and Produkts.👍🇩🇪
Ginisters cornish pasties are lovely warmed in the oven and lovely with HP fruity sauce😋
Yum 😋
Nice review Mr G.. I always found Ginsters cornish pasties the best.. They also make the best scotch eggs but have not seen them in the shops for years.. 😊
Thanks for the info
The only thing I dislike about Ginsters pasties is the quality of meat is not always great. Several times I have found grisley bits which does tend to put me off.
I've had proper , cornish pastys, but I quite like a Ginsters too, as long as its warmed in the oven .
Had a proper Cornish pasty in Cornwall when i was young also, i was probably around 10, so would've been the 80s. Wont ever forget it, same as ive only had proper Devon cream in Devon. 😀
Filled to the top is how a pie should be
You definitely got your money's worth with this one
Try their peppered steak slice , that’s my favourite from Ginsters . But only if you like pepper on your food , I do .