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Pic 1- Ottolenghi - Best mincemeat of the season so far. Very spiced and fragrant. Suet gives a nice richness. Old school short crust with egg wash, a little bit chewy....could have done with a crisp up in the oven. 9/10 if you ignore the slightly chewy pastry, 8/10 if you don't.
Pic 2- Bread Ahead. Deep filled with mince that seems to have been aged for a long time...rich and spicy with juicy fruits. Touch of booze.Pastry is buttery short crust. No egg wash. Crystal Demerara on the top. 10/10
Pic 3-Konditor- Pastry so savoury that it is slightly cheesy. I like it but might be unpopular. Mince a touch flat and uninspiring. Egg washed. 6/10.
Pic 4-Flor- Puff pastry. Crystal Demerera on top. mince is left field. Tastes more like burned Christmas pudding. Strangely alluring. 5/10 if judged as a mince pie, 7/10 if judged as a pastry.
Get to Bread Ahead in Borough market. Their pie is the fucking bollocks. Pic attached.
Edit: the Bread Ahead ones are £7.50 for 3! 😳