I spent this morning making beads and this afternoon baking mince pies. These are homemade all-butter shortcrust pastry filled with mincemeat, almonds, cherries and a slosh of Jack Daniel's for added Christmassy naughtiness!
Sunday, 7 December 2008
Mince Pies
I spent this morning making beads and this afternoon baking mince pies. These are homemade all-butter shortcrust pastry filled with mincemeat, almonds, cherries and a slosh of Jack Daniel's for added Christmassy naughtiness!
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These look so good, I bet they taste even better than they look. Must get that reciepe from you. Love the beads also.xx
ReplyDeleteYum yum and that's from the girly who doesn't like mincemeat :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tina. I must say, they do taste pretty good. They'd be better with a blob of brandy butter, though. Must get some .....
ReplyDeleteVeryan - you don't like mince pies? Actually, nor does my Dad so I get to eat this lot. I made him jam tarts instead!
What IS mincemeat anyway?
ReplyDeleteLori - mincemeat is a rich, fruity mixture of sultanas, currants, raisins, apples, spices, suet and normally a bit of alcohol. Yum!
ReplyDeleteOriginally mincemeat used to contain actual meat, hence the name, but now it normally just consists of fruity loveliness!