Mince Pie Revisionist. Hypocrisy, Cognitive Dissonance and Flaked Almonds

Food & Drink
1682

Similar but different :grin:

350g finely chopped apples

50g finely chopped almonds

3 tsp all spice

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

225g beef suet

350g raisins

350g currants

350g sultanas

100g mixed peel

300g sugar - half soft brown & half muscovado

Zest & juice of 2 lemons

Juice of 2 oranges

8 tbsp brandy

METHOD:

Combine all the ingredients, except for the brandy, stir and mix together very thoroughly.

Cover the bowl and leave it overnight.

Heat the oven to 120C. Cover the bowl with foil and place it in the oven for 3 hours, then remove the bowl and donā€™t worry about the appearance of the mincemeat, which will be swimming in fat.

As it cools, stir it frequently; the fat will coagulate and encase all the other ingredients. When the mincemeat is cold stir in the brandy. Pack in sterilised jars. It will keep in a cool, dark place for yonks.

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1683

@murrayjohnson

I will make a batch too for next yearā€™s deviant surprise,.

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1684

Needs some venison suet to upset the South Easters.

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1685

For eye-appeal alone those Win this thread :+1: :+1: :+1:

:star: :star: :star: :star: :star: - would gorge until I vomit, then, having made some space, gorge more :+1:

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1686

I will try the Lopwell butcher

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1687

There is a farm deep on the moor that makes the best clotted cream in Devon. At room temperature the flavor (Yes it has a flavor, itā€™s not just a fatty PĆ¢tĆ© ) is outstanding.
No there are no ā€˜care packagesā€™ thereā€™s fuck all by way of preservatives here and putting this in the fridge is sacrilegeā€¦

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1688

I would do some serious harm to get my hands on some of that. No CC here, Iā€™m afraid :cry:

1689

Iā€™ll bring some to Lopwell if you can make it. We can do the scone thing

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1690

They look fantastic! Iā€™m quite jealous of your deep tins; we only have shallow ones that make a paltry ~60g pie.

Must find deep tins :heart_eyes:

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1691

Itā€™s a muffin tin, but unless I win the lottery Iā€™ll never be able to afford to make muffins so it is used for pie duties.

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1692

Wannabee muffins are very popular here, so the tins will be there for the avid piemaker to hunt down :+1:

1693

I had another tray that was intended for some kind of mini muffins (deep but not much bigger than a thimble) which I tried to make pies in but it was impossible & I gave up. Needs a certain diameter if deep.

1694

The pastry needs to be a certain thickness to get the best out of the muffin tin.
For me you get the different flavours of the pastry that way , the dry to the moist is where the deviancy and unct intersect, hence the bit of sweetness a small amount of Almond powder helps

1695

FFS,donā€™t start killing people just to put in a mince pie

1696

Weā€™ve been eating for six years on the trott, some come some never return the same way

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1697

Even at standard muffin size it takes a bit of effort to put the base in without tearing it. I had to ā€˜repairā€™ a couple of them.

I guess itā€™s the price you pay for making the pastry as buttery as is humanly possible :man_shrugging:

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1698

So-nearly butter! :heart_eyes:

Gurt lush!

1699

Where do they sell it?

1700

Only on the farm - you have to call first.

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1701

Repair is all, itā€™s the only way to deal with leftover pastry otherwise it hangs around your fridge like an ex. Iā€™ve realised that it never gets used up here