The best mince pie pastry ever?

foreign_correspondent

thanks for the recipe, please thank your neighbour too, I made them for the first time tonight after seeing the recipe on here years ago... dug it out tonight, and made a batch - absolutely lovely, will give most of them to relatives tomorrow.

southwestmaid

Looking forward to making these mince pies yet again, I'm normally useless at making pastry but these have always turned out lovely, melt in your mouth mince pies .............

vouchersrme

Thank you sooooo much Reseacher, I've just made the pastry absolutley fabulous, I shall use it all the time for sweet pies.

Rikki

OH forgot to buy mincemeat when he went shopping today, so no mince pies this weekend.

Triker

Rikki wrote: »

OH forgot to buy mincemeat when he went shopping today, so no mince pies this weekend.

I've just 'found' two jars I didn't know I had in the cupboard so I think we'll get baking later. It's the pastry I want though...:drool:

Penelope_Penguin

researcher wrote: »

What mincemeat do you recommend.

Have you tried making your own - quick and easy

katkins78

shelley_crow wrote: »

i've never made mince pies but it sounds a lot like the recipe for pastry my dear old nan used to use. she would have been 90 if she was alive today.

i'm looking forward to testing this recipe on the family x

My Grandma is 95 and used to teach home economics (or whatever it was called back then?) and used to make the lightest pastry. She used Stork then but originally used Trex.

I used to make really horrid pastry; the sort to break your teeth on, until she gave me a 'lesson':o. Honestly I pitied her poor students, talk about strict!

katkins78

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Have you tried making your own - quick and easy

And happily uses up all the leftover ingredients (minus flour) from the Christmas pudding:j

vikki_louise

Im trying this next week, thanks for posting Has anyone used sweetner like splender instead of sugar?

minimooch

just made mince pies using this recipe and they were truly fab!

Not one to try with making with the kids, as they pastry is not very forgiving, but well worth it.

And turning out the pies upside down is sheer genius. I made 3 dozen and every single one turned out perfectly. Normally i chisel them out of the tin and loose half.

And another thumbs up for delias mincemeat. Make it with the kids and much prefer it to shopbought

Thank you OP!!