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Eejit-
Ok, think that the reality is that I don't like the mince pies I have tried and have given up looking. So have made a filling that I like, similar to mincemeat and pastry that I like. Also there is always too much white granulated sugar.
EDIT: If I go on the christmas day ride will bring some home made pies. Eat at your peril.
lynx
I hate mince pies as the pastry is wrong and the filling is weird. So as my a thing for the french sort of inlaws, I am making mince pies of a sort, or my version. Have had raisins, sultanas and currants soaking in ginger wine for about 6 months. To make the filling am going to add grated cooking apples, cinnamon, nutmeg with some dark muscavado sugar and not sure on which but salted french butter or beef suet this maybe skipped depends on the filling consistency. Then the pastry made with a salty butter/dripping mix to make the pastry less sweet more of a shortcrust style crisp pastry.