Mince Pie Appreciation

Tried one of these from M&S:

• excellent filling (finished with clementine syrup 👌)
  
• nice crumbly and buttery pastry
  
• the sugar on top is too big - not a fan
  

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On my third M&S FOOD pie of the day... very enjoyable even cold, and £3 for 12 seems good value.

@Fox I’m afraid to say this was the effort from Choclatine today - it’s absolutely rubbish 😔 filling is just dry and unpleasant

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Just added preserved orange peel, bashed up pecans and moar rum to our mince. It’s boozy AF. Looking forward to pastry encasement.

All I see there are raisins & sadness - thoughts and prayers

Next door neighbour just dropped some fresh homemade round. Best of the year by a country mile.

It was as if someone had just placed the fruit into the pastry before baking - not at all a recognisable mincemeat 🥺🥺

Repeat. Anyone still rating Greggs or are they cancelled these days?

Another favourite from Aldi - All butter sloe gin mince tarts - bought them on Saturday out of curiosity & by last night had demolished the lot, not a traditional mincer by any means but they're tasty.

I thought the pastry looked a bit thick but it's actually quite light & works well with the dense sticky filling. Bit on the shallow side, I was worried the pastry:filing ratio was way off but the rich flavour makes up for that.

Had eaten the entire box before I took any photos. soz.

I'm still happily Gregging, and also a fan of their vegan Christmas slice. But, obviously, vegans are shorter of options than most.

Edit - if there is a reason for cancelling Gregg's, please don't share it - leave me with some joy in life...

Oh none that I know of, just hadn't seen much noise about their mincers this year compared with other years and wondered if they'd dropped a social media bollock or something 😝

had to do shitty things at my bequest throughout the year

Behest or request. Bequest is synonym to bequeath. 🙂

Repeat. Anyone still rating Greggs or are they cancelled these days?

I thought they were pretty acceptable. Pastry is nice and short, though obviously not buttery tasting because they're vegan. Filling was very tangy and flavoursome with a bit of goo ooze which was nice. If you're vegan they're well worth going into a Greggs for.

Homemade ftw

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COOP gold glitter. Garbage.

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M8 did they not have the little 2 packs of bakery mincers? They’re great

I've enjoyed these since the glitter experiment. (2 packs for £2 at the mo)

Apple mince pie crumble is a definite hit. I've also tried making mince pie ice-cream which is also pretty good but would be improved with better mincemeat I think!

Hmmm,
contributors to this thread will be expected to assemble outside their local
Ole & Steen, where clearly identifiable marshalls will hand them pitchforks and burning torches.

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Tragic

£5.50!

Garlic on mince pies?

£5.50!

Nope, 5.50. What is a '£'?

respect ARE £ oliver