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Yes they can be nice, but a lot depends on the pastry*. I must admit I don't make them, as I save my energies for Christmas Puddings. This Sunday is Stir Up Sunday, so I'll be spending part of the afternoon concocting the mixture and the following day boiling them. They then go down in the cellar until Christmas.
I have some brandy ones with all butter pastry from Sainsbury's, so I'm optimistic.Yes they can be nice, but a lot depends on the pastry*. I must admit I don't make them, as I save my energies for Christmas Puddings. This Sunday is Stir Up Sunday, so I'll be spending part of the afternoon concocting the mixture and the following day boiling them. They then go down in the cellar until Christmas.
*By the way I've found I can get butter puff pastry in Waitrose.
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Yummmmmm me too, especially with large dollops of cream.Mince pies!! I love these things,
What's in them? At first sight, they look like a fruitcake with pastry.
Spiced fruit, often with brandy.What's in them? At first sight, they look like a fruitcake with pastry.
I had in mind my earlier suggestion that I make a chicken, bacon and mushroom pie if you visit at some stage in the future.I have some brandy ones with all butter pastry from Sainsbury's, so I'm optimistic.
It's good you've found it in Waitrose! They have a lot of good stuff and I have a local one now.
It's nice to warm them in a microwave and to put double cream on themSounds tasty (at least the vegetarian version).
I'll definitely be over again at some point and would love to try that! Will need to arrange it at some point.I had in mind my earlier suggestion that I make a chicken, bacon and mushroom pie if you visit at some stage in the future.
Here is a recipe from the BBC Good Food websiteWhat's in them? At first sight, they look like a fruitcake with pastry.
I go for those anise cookies!
I'll definitely be over again at some point and would love to try that! Will need to arrange it at some point.
See that's the thing with them: the ingredients list is quite similar to that for Christmas Pudding. I provided this on another thread some years ago:Here is a recipe from the BBC Good Food website
Ingredients
- 225g/8oz vegetarian suet
- 225g/8oz Bramley apples, peeled, cored and chopped
- 125g/4oz candied peel, chopped
- 225g/8oz sultanas
- 225g/8oz raisins
- 225g/8oz currants
- 175g/6oz demerara sugar
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1 orange, zest and juice
- 60ml/2fl oz brandy