The Mince Pie Thread

General Chat
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Excessive dusting fail. How many times have we mentioned this?

808

How many you want? Not that it’s likely the kids will allow it. Alex has just made 3 of them disappear on his own!

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809

Mood filters, bit of slap and job’s a good un.

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810

Freudian slip. I won’t tell @Jim if you don’t.

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I know, but I had a bit of a trembling hand :pensive:

They had a bit of cinnamon too :blush:

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:unamused:
You’ve taken the French thing too far. C’est juste honteux. Surtout après l’incident de la marmelade.

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813

15 minutes and less Mince, bottom left is a special for Nanna :sob::

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With the commercial ones, is the barely cooked thing to stop them getting misshapen?

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Shame about the bottom right one.
Probably best to do another 12.:+1:

816

We have all the ingredients :+1:

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817

Sod it,i might actually have a go at making some.

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818

Is this jus-rol pastry?

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819

Busted!

820

do you deliver and do you take credit card?

821

Collection and cash only

822

Is it the ‘puff’ variety you Francophile fraud with your mince vol au vents? Brexit means Brexit you cheese eating surrender monkey.

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Haha! :joy:

No, it is the short crust one:

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A pro cook friend of ours, on consultation last night said it is fantastic and she was right. They do look like vol au vents though…

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I mistakenly tried the puff version last year. Disaster.But having tried the shortcrust version as well I think it has a taste. Making your own pastry isn’t really that hard but I think it does taste nicer. Give it a go. Really doesn’t take long.

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Will give it a go on Saturday and compare. I cheated on the mince too; I used a Waitrose one and pimped it with lemon zest, cognac and fresh apple. Really good! I was a bit miffed that I could only find one with Vege suet…

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