Which are the best bought mince pies

chika

The lattice one from m&s are amazing. I can't be bothered with the faff of making them and I've never tasted a homemade one that tastes better than these.

jordylass

I cant make homemade ones for as cheap as I can buy them especially when Asda had 12 for £1. I make an almond pastry and a pack of butter goes in costing at least 80p. This does make about 24 good sized mince pies and they taste better than the shop, but I didn't think it was worth the hassle with everything else to be cooked this year. Also I've made them twice so far, making double so there was some to freeze and they;ve all been eaten with 3 days.

Forgot to say I think Greggs mice pies taste the best seconded by Aldi, but Greggs don;t state ingredients and I think they still use hydrogenates.

lynzpower

I bought waitroses "all butter" ones the other week nad they wre fantastic.

I cant make pastry for toffee ( although Im getting a kenwood chef from santa :j) so next year Im hoping i can make some lovely HM ones

CCP

jordylass wrote: »

Forgot to say I think Greggs mice pies taste the best seconded by Aldi, but Greggs don;t state ingredients and I think they still use hydrogenates.

Really? I didn't know that. It's a shame as they are surprisingly good - I was very impressed (until you told me about the hydrogenates, anyway). We've eaten quite a few in the office this year as Greggs is the nearest place we can go when one of us has a sudden mince pie craving.

Loadsabob

I didn't make any, as I thought I'd only want a few...but now I'm on my third box

Tesco Finest for me. I have sworn by M&S in the past, but they were closed, so I got Tesco Finest, and they've been great. I only eat them warmed, and the pastry is delicious, and crisp on top, buttery taste, and the mincemeat is nice too, and not over-filled, good patry:mince ratio! :cool:

motherhen2234

I think it depend who do your favourite style of pie. I like the less pastry on top so iced, lattice and Sainsburies do a tart type thing that is also lovely. I think you can't wrong with M&S or Sainsburies but I admit today I am going to make a mince pie slices for the first time. I've not made mince pies since helping my mum as a child!

zzzLazyDaisy

co-op mini mince pies are AMAZING, I got them as I'm not keen on mince pies so these bite sized ones seemed like a good idea.

But then I went and ate the whole box :eek:

MoaningMyrtle

The Tesco ones in the red box are good, I tried one and din't know what it was, it was nice pastry and filling. Two boxes of 6 for £1.50.

Sian_the_Green

BonandDom wrote: »

Tesco's finest - lovely short pastry, good amount of fillling and very boozy:rotfl:

I agree, lovely crumbly buttery pastry and a great amount of mincemeat, lovely warmed in the oven, mmmm

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