milk in making mince pies

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you know the milk bit - is it best to use full fat milk? (as i use semi skimmed milk)

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i've just made some using soya, so not sure that it matters - up to your taste buds!

Milk? In Mince Pies? Where?

crunchie - in the pastry

Oh I use shop bought pastry or water

At least I make my mincemeat

i dont put milk in my pasry never have mum was a cook and she never did

im following the recipe from my Christmas book so thats why there is milk in the pastry

mine are crumbly are yours

looking at the book..... no!

lol i bet they turn out like rubber[ grin]

lol i bet they turn out like rubber

eek!! i hope not! or you'll have to come to liverpool and show me how its made

will do as olng as you got wine to go with them

lol!!!

Grated apple and alcohol

SantaClausFrau - you could also try adding glace cherries and dried apricots (the dark unsulphured ones are nicer).

I always go for grated apple, pear and chopped dried apricot.
I don't pretend it's my own though, it just tastes nice.

I didd once take some M&S ones to Mum's pretending they were mine, but after the praise owned up- more wind up then lie.

try a little cinniman

According to an article I read today- marmalade added is nice.

In order to get rid of the Robertson's taste, why not just make the mincemeat yourself? I have a recipe (in the Good Housekeeping Vegetarian Cookery book) that involves dried fruit of various varieties (the usual raisins/currants/sultanas, candied peel, apricots, (I add glace cherries) spices, brandy (but I substitute rum), orange rind and juice, sugar and some marmalade (there may be some other things I've forgotten, but it does not involve suet.) Essentially, you just mix it all together and leave it. You can bottle it up into jars if you can be bothered - I just make mince pies! There are lots of different recipes around in various books, and they're usually about that easy. I think it's a myth that you have to leave it for months - I imagine dried fruit has consumed all the booze it's going to within a few days. So why not give it a try? You have nothing to lose but that vinegary taste!