Mince pies, my rolling thread of which is best

[Road2Ruin]

Murph7355 said:

dimots said:

The best.

Had some last year. For the price... Meh.

I completely agree, not the best, but certainly the most expensive.

[PugwasHDJ80]

Ooh I do love a good mince pie

The best are my mum's home made, obvs....

The worst I've ever had were this year with a box of Waitrose number one brown butter mince pies. Absolutely inedible- first time in my life I've not finished a mince pie. Utterly rank!

[Regbuser]

Quick opening survey:

Tesco boggo - not nice
Waitrose boggo - not nice
Sainsbo boggo - acceptable
Asda boggo - good
Waitrose all butter - better
Greggs - top o the pile

[DoctorX]

Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and M&S not boggo versions: meh.

COOP Apple and mincemeat: nice pastry, very deep filled, artificial apple flavour but very acceptable.

I’m coming around to Costco mince pies this year. Always thought they were a bit dry and spongy but I chucked one in the air fryer for 5 minutes and was quite taken with them.

Bettys pies at some point when I’m feeling flush. Always the best.

[Alickadoo]

Regbuser said:

Quick opening survey:

Tesco boggo - not nice
Waitrose boggo - not nice
Sainsbo boggo - acceptable
Asda boggo - good
Waitrose all butter - better
Greggs - top o the pile

Where's Aldi and Lidl?

Lidl mince pies are always good.

[ambuletz]

I was actually thinking about this thread today and yesterday, wondering when it'd get revived.

[Regbuser]

Alickadoo said:

Regbuser said:

Quick opening survey:

Tesco boggo - not nice
Waitrose boggo - not nice
Sainsbo boggo - acceptable
Asda boggo - good
Waitrose all butter - better
Greggs - top o the pile

Where's Aldi and Lidl?

Lidl mince pies are always good.

Ain't tried em yet, perhaps you should, and report back

[sherman]

House of Bruar Mince pies are excelent.
The pastry is like a soft shortbread in consistency and the mincemeat is not too jammy.
The are delicious.
My wife brought home 2 packs

[Road2Ruin]

Regbuser said:

Quick opening survey:

Tesco boggo - not nice
Waitrose boggo - not nice
Sainsbo boggo - acceptable
Asda boggo - good
Waitrose all butter - better
Greggs - top o the pile

It's October, back off.

[dunkind]

Hot mince pies with lots of very cold whipping cream poured over the top, the breakfast of champions!

[Fluffsri]

We had the Aldi iced mince pies a few weeks back. They were alright to be fair, not as sweet as Id thought they would be.

[shirt]

I think I’ll be in the minority but im looking forward to smashing a box of heston’s lemon ones.

The mince pie hunt is an international thing btw. Me and a mate in Dubai go through loads of them.

[Jonnny]

Road2Ruin said:

Regbuser said:

Quick opening survey:

Tesco boggo - not nice
Waitrose boggo - not nice
Sainsbo boggo - acceptable
Asda boggo - good
Waitrose all butter - better
Greggs - top o the pile

It's October, back off.

Absolutely not, the day Mince Pies launch in store is a good day.

[Fluffsri]

Jonnny said:

Road2Ruin said:

Regbuser said:

Quick opening survey:

Tesco boggo - not nice
Waitrose boggo - not nice
Sainsbo boggo - acceptable
Asda boggo - good
Waitrose all butter - better
Greggs - top o the pile

It's October, back off.

Absolutely not, the day Mince Pies launch in store is a good day.

Yep, I'd eat them all year round.

[mtvessel]

Tried the Lidl all butter deluxe. Too much pastry to filling and too sweet for my taste.

[Dapster]

You have to walk past a lot of overpriced hipster tat and braying middle class coffee morning mums to get to them, but Gail's mince pies are absolutely incredible. Brown sugar topping for extra crunch - they are the Bentley Flying Spur of mince pies



https://gails.com/products/mince-pies-boxed?pr_pro...

[nordboy]

£16 for 6 mince pies!!! I'm FAR too tight for that.

I haven't started this year yet, may chuck a box of tesco finest on the order this weekend and see how they are?

[Alickadoo]

I recommend Lidl mince pies..

Either the standard or the De Luxe, they are both excellent.

[McGee_22]

A shout out for the Aldi puff pastry mince pies - very tasty, very more-ish.

[dapprman]

Alickadoo said:

I recommend Lidl mince pies..

Either the standard or the De Luxe, they are both excellent.

Might try those next week, last year I thought the Lidl stuff was poor (posted a fair few pages back), same for Aldi though I could not get hold of the specials ones there which is what people really were raving about,
This year Morrisons Luxury - meh on all fronts.
Asda Luxury - nice pastry, bland filling.