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Been wanting to try an actual vegan mince pie for a while and I’ve been keeping an eye on the ingredients in the supermarkets. Surprisingly few. Thanks @Kat_Balou for the Greggs heads up. @mespilus they do have palm oil in them.
A pretty good pie though. Pastry is crisp and short and the filling is gooey and tangy. Really nice. Obviously not buttery tasting, but they beat any of the supermarket non all-butter offerings. I was of the opinion that the paltry amounts of butter* that the supermarkets put in their pastry makes little to no difference and they should probably consider leaving it out completely so more people can eat their pies. I’m now even more of that opinion.
*not really butter is it? It’s an industrial bulk ingredient which has been optimised for industrial food production but which still meets the legal minimum requirement to still be called butter.