mince meat pies

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starshaker · 10/12/2006 12:30

does any1 have a good recipie for them. mainly the pastry as i think i have a nice mincemeat recipie

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starshaker · 10/12/2006 12:45

any1

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taylormama · 10/12/2006 12:48

do you want to use shortcrust or puff pastry?
Shortcrust is half fat to flour - use an egg and milk to mix to a dough and leave to rest for an hour in the fridge before rolling. Use butter if you want lovely rich pastry - brush with egg and milk before baking ... HTH!

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starshaker · 10/12/2006 12:55

thanx thats great will give that a try

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joanna4 · 10/12/2006 14:20

sub some of the flour for ground almonds tastes divine and makes the pastry shorter.

jabberwocky · 10/12/2006 14:22

My mother uses a pear mince meat that is wonderful.

SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 10/12/2006 14:30

we have a big pot of mincemeat that dh made last October , he is determined to use it to make our mince pies this year. I'm not so sure (leaving aside for a moment the fact that we don't have an oven..)

SherlockLGJ · 10/12/2006 14:38

Aah well now Greeny, call me traditional, but an oven usually helps in these matters.

SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 10/12/2006 15:10

I've told him that, but he remains determined - we did manage to produce a batch of mince pies using the grill and lots of ingenuity last year!

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