Pffh..

Waitrose have ruined this Christmas and last by not doing the pine tree sugar puff pastry mince pies.
I like sainsburys casis mince tarts

Only had Sainsbo’s All Butter numbers this year. Can’t say I was impressed.

I haven’t eaten enough mince pies this year, I know this much.

I broadly agree with you analysis however at sainsburys you also have the option of the vastly superior Ecclefechan tarts.

Have been devouring the Costco mince pie offerings over the weekend which have a decidedly homemade taste to them. Bloomin massive though and could do with a bit more filling.
Impressed with the Aldi one I had the other day.

I’ll agree with your view on Hestons @ Waitrose, thing is… After 3 boxes scoffed, they become very very sickly..

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homemade mincemeat, pastry cut with my lock knife, slow baked in the bread oven by the stove.

i did, finally got round to having it out with the dairy bull after he looked at me funny.
waist not want not.

You buy your mince pies from a shop?……I expect you also buy xmas shortbread as well……….how common 😉

Obviously i make my own from hand reared brandy soaked mincemeat and toasted almond mix with ethically sourced filo pastry, and my vanilla pod shortbread goes extremely well with a decent malt whisky.

#Immorexmasythanyoucommoners

Jamie Oliver recipe

home made ftw.
shop bought ones are too “pastry-y”.
odd that the cheap german stores score so highly on a product that germans don’t even do.

No test of Co-Op?

Fail – do it again

My favourite so far have been the Aldi ones with the Courvousier in the mincemeat…..followed by their little frangipan topped ones in the blue and gold box

It’s “my lightly modified version” of the jamie oliver recipe above, was good enough to impress the SWRI ladies who scoffed them all at their xmas party last week which was held at my workplace, i even got a round of applause and told to never enter them in their xmas bake off as it would cause a ruction if a man won – high praise indeed!. 😀

We’ve been having a blind taste off at work.

Homemade is winning hands down, but a few others to steer clear of, Greggs – awful! and Mr Kipling, surprisingly bad!!

True about the Kipling – too short pastry and what little filling their was tasted vile.

Tesco are surprisingly good this year, on the third packet so far.
Standard ones in the red and white box.

Aldi and Sainsbury tomorrow then, with a stop off at the Co-Op?
Oh God, there’s a Booths down the road as well
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Mrs S is making a few dozen on Christmas Eve – it’s a cliché, but the homemade ones are always the best.

I’ve just picked up some of the Aldi mince with added brandy might make them tonight and taste them hot

somfunk – Is that deep fried? I can see why that might be popular in Scotland.

St John bakery. Their Eccles cakes are historic too. They are the only mince pies I like. They are £3 each though

if you’re going to boast about making your own, at least share the recipe.

My friends best mince pies

No base no buttery biscuit base?