Agree on the lids thing, if it’s going to have a star or Xmas tree it should be an additional piece of pastry on top of a proper lid.
Cheese on a mince pie? Un-natural and shouldn’t be allowed - I love cheese but would never mix the two for fear of tainting them both.
@Tracey - while your mince crumble looks lovely, it’s not a mince pie sorry 😬
I’m not a big fan of fancy ones either, the wife bought some posh sainsburys ones last week and 5 of the 6 are still in the cupboard which is unheard of. Give me a nice simple Tesco/Sainsbury/Whatever regular mince pie. Lovely.
I do like mine in a bowl with a good helping of double cream, which seems a bit wrong. Sometimes I put a bit of Kellys ice cream in there too, but find then you have to have two mince pies to match the cream/ice cream quantities - yum!
I love cheese but would never mix the two for fear of tainting them both.
For fear of? So, you've condemned us but never actually tried it then?
No further questions, m'lud.
tonyd, welcome to the thread. I can see you are a person of good taste and will fit right in. There is a list of names at the top of this page of ne'r do wells you should avoid. The cheese botherer with messianic delusions especially.
Thanks for the booze idea @sprootlet but I don’t have sloe gin (never tasted it). My wife made some mince pies yesterday (mostly without lids) but you can hardly taste the booze. Think she only put in a teaspoon of brandy. I have some marzipan and a couple of cartons of Baileys cream so all is not lost.
However I will get some more mincemeat and infuse it overnight with lots of Brandy and make some fresh ones on Christmas Eve. The kids don’t eat them anyway.
The cheese botherer with messianic delusions
Proper LOL at the description!
but in years to come you’ll be adding stilton to the top of your pies and praying for me to come again.
Definitely sounds like one for the naughty list.
Mini ones are awful. Mincemeat to pastry ratio is all wrong (I can illustrate with equations if you want but if you assume the pastry thickness is a constant irrespective of pie volume, then the filling scales as the cube should tell you all you need)
I mentioned this a while back: they're blighted by surface area to volume ratio.
Mrs R is currently making mince pies. Shortcrust pastry, filled properly, with lid. Only a deviant would accept a substitute.
My wife made some mince pies yesterday (mostly without lids)
Another one for The List, I fear.
Just wish I could get mince pies here 🙁
Daughter's flying over from London today, might get her to pick some up 🙂
Another one for The List, I fear.
Indeed. With a deep sigh and a heavy heart, I shall yet again open the book of shame and lift my quill. Mogrim, I hope your daughter succeeds in her mercy mission 👍
I can only assume that all these mince pie lid Hitler's are Tory voters and staunch brexiteers who are happy with the pre war direction that our country is heading.
Open your minds people, vee brakes and 26" wheels are old school, give the cheese a go. You might not like it, but 2022 will now have been different and you'll have a story to tell the grand kids.
You might not like it, but 2022 will now have been different and you’ll have a story to tell the grand kids.
What, that I ruined a mince pie AND a piece of cheese?
Love a mincer. Best thing about Christmas. Never tried one with cheese, I can definitely see the appeal of the dark side.
Fortunately my veganism will save me (burn me now 🤣)
May make some tomorrow with the mince soaked in brandy and whisky.
This has to be a hat in for thread of the week.
Justice for higthepig! They're a waste of good pastry. And Xmas pud is overrated, the only reason I had it at my work Xmas dinner was the fact it was surrounded by an ocean of proper custard.
But cheese and Xmas cake? Oh yes, yes, YES in a When Harry Met Sally stylee.
give the cheese a go
This is the same of those weird M&S or Waitrose Heston Blumenthal recipes that mix weird foods to "modernise" a classic, and you end up with monstrosities like Passion Fruit and Terry's Chocolate Orange Xmas Pudding, or a roulade of scotch eggs and cranberry joux, or Arctic Roll for the 21st Century that turns out to be frozen Smarties rolled in pistachio flavoured mango ice cream.
Make it stop.
But cheese and Xmas cake?
Exactly! This has been a thing for ever. Why not a mince pie?
What, that I ruined a mince pie AND a piece of cheese?
Think of it as taking one of the weird lid freaks out of the mince pie gene pool....
Exactly! This has been a thing for ever. Why not a mince pie?
Well as above, mince pies are a waste of good pastry and thus, ipso facto, this would be a waste of good cheese.
Exactly! This has been a thing for ever. Why not a mince pie?
Not a fan of cheese on Christmas cake, I've tried it and it was tolerable, and I get why people might like it, but I prefer to enjoy each of them separately. However, there is no pastry on Christmas cake. I think it's the combination of short crust pastry and cheese that is so wrong.
Think of it as taking one of the weird lid freaks out of the mince pie gene pool….
😮 Now promoted to the top of the list! I suggest you keep one eye over your shoulder this festive season....👀
🤣 I meant one of the star or Xmas tree shaped lids!
Hmm.... 🤔 I shall consider demoting you after I've finished this (fully intact) mince pie ☺️
I’m definitely a mince pie traditionalist. Don’t like fancy, and mini ones are ridiculous. We go for a good dollop of brandy butter on ours, and lifting the lid to put some inside is acceptable.
However, I’m a big cheese fan, with Stilton (even better, Stichleton) in its rightful place at the top of the list of best cheeses. I also like fruit cake and cheese although this should really be Wensleydale should it not Grommit?
So the thought of introducing a little cheesey goodness into the mince pie realm is giving me some conflicting feelings…
Im tempted, I really am. Should I resist? Guidance is needed. Which way should I turn? I’m at a crossroads…
Love a mincer. Best thing about Christmas.
Go on, treat yourself!
Well done STW, this thread has cheered me up no end 🙂
I've had one mince pie so far this year. And that was one more than I wanted. Not a fan. However the idea of adding cheese does nothing to entice me back the pastry side. It is, at best, a dangerous experiment and at worst a cataclysmic first step to filthy food groupings that should not share a fridge never mind a plate.
On that note, I'm off to snaffle some marzipan off the Christmas cake.
Mogrim, I hope your daughter succeeds in her mercy mission
It seems she has read my mind, and has already bought some!!! She's been promoted to Official Favourite Daughter now.
come over docrobster, you won't regret it. And if you do, well at least you'll be saying so based on evidence rather than the closed minds brigade. I have no problem with saying they tried it and didn't like it, it's the lack of trying that condemns them in my heart. But, y'know, if we can save just one of them there will be a place at my right hand for them. It's never too late to repent.
And +1000 for stichelton, haven't seen any in the local shops recently and too late for Neal's Yard.
@docrobster hold firm and avoid temptation! Your soul is on the line! The devil is at work in this very thread, a false prophet who will only lead you to vile culinary combinations.
upping the ante.....
https://pinchofnom.com/recipes/mince-pie-cheese-toastie/
but also, really conflicted here...... Holly Willoughbooby can do no wrong in my eyes but
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10156052972177122
- I'm like a cat with a slice of buttered toast on my back, spinning round ad infinitum
I've got to say, I think Heston might be going too far there, as he does, but I'd give it a go.
3 out of 4 on that this morning clip say yes to blue cheese with mince pies.....I always knew there had to something wrong with Holly W though.....
Re Stichelton- there was a stall at a local Xmas market selling nothing else recently so I bought a piece. When she asked which one I wanted the answer was easy- the biggest!
I’m holding fast at the moment, but if the Stilton was already open it would be a different story…
I can see me giving it a go tomorrow.
Need to buy some more mince pies though…
I’m going to install Delia Smith and Mary Berry as thread bouncers I think.
I don't know about Delia, she's a professional Food Ruiner. She's like Heston Blumenthal without the pseudoscience. I totally wouldn't put it past her to concoct the best mince pies you've ever tasted and then stick a lump of brie inside.
Speaking of whom,
Waitrose Heston Blumenthal recipes that mix weird foods to “modernise” a classic
I got some HB mince pies from M&S one year (so pretentiousness squared). They came with a sachet of "pine sugar." It was like eating a 1970s toilet air freshener.
I have no problem with saying they tried it and didn’t like it, it’s the lack of trying that condemns them in my heart
But where does that lead you? Folk dancing? Incest?
You're on a slippery slope, but we're here to help.
I will try the cheese this evening. Can’t judge ‘till you’ve tested. I’m not optimistic though.
I don’t have sloe gin (never tasted it).
I was given a home-made bottle* as a leaving present one time. I eyed it with suspicion and it sat at the back of the cupboard for about three years. I eventually cracked it open when it was either that or the Domestos and it was really, really good. I bet a few drops in a mince pie would be amazing.
(* - the bottle wasn't home-made, its contents were)
But where does that lead you? Folk dancing? Incest?
Fun for all the family this Christmas.
I’ve made a mince pie tray bake to bring with us in the camper. Brandy in the mince and a crumble topping for a change on it. Going down well with a glass of port
I'll have to add another 'they aren't mice pies'. But before you get cancelled, can I just recap - bakes fantastic looking stuff, owns campervan, rides bikes. Are you married? asking for a friend.
I’ve got to say, I think Heston might be going too far there, as he does, but I’d give it a go.
I ate a box of them. They were nice, but they weren't mice pies. I was disappointed that I'd wasted the calories on not-mince pies.
I bet even the weirdos on here who eat mince pies with cheese would draw the line at mice pies!
To the OP. You know there's a lack of empirical evidence supporting the efficacy of lids don't you...?
Runs.And.Hides
I bet even the weirdos on here who eat mince pies with cheese would draw the line at mice pies!
I must have lost some nnnnnn's. Has anyone seen them? 😀
Cheese is very much a thing with me but alongside Christmas cake.
Goes well with mince pies though.
But it's got to be Wensleydale.
I didn't realise that M&S was doing Stilton in individual portion sizes this year.
I will try the cheese this evening. Can’t judge ‘till you’ve tested.
But where does that lead you? Folk dancing? Incest?.
🤔
Another reason to be a fan of Holly!
I didn’t realise that M&S was doing Stilton in individual portion sizes this year.
Where’s the like button?🤔
Taste great. Even though I made them.
Not many left.... 😉
^ They look very tasty.
