Mince pies, my rolling thread of which is best

[sherman]

Getting prepped to make my own this weekend.

[S100HP]

I've had a number so far this year.

The standard puff pastry offering from Tesco are always a favourite. Good mince to pie ratio. 7/10.

Greggs shortcrust thing. Not great. Not enough filling. 3/10.

However, the pinnacle so far this year, Morrisons Deep Filled Pies. Incredible. Full of juicy fruit and a golden ratio of pastry to filling. Don't think it can get better than these for me, but 9/10 just incase....

[Silvanus]

Having baked any yet, but have a large kilner jar of homemade mincemeat ready to go. Looking forward to it as it has a nice bit of venison and wild cherry brandy.

[sherman]

Silvanus said:

Having baked any yet, but have a large kilner jar of homemade mincemeat ready to go. Looking forward to it as it has a nice bit of venison and wild cherry brandy.

Actual meat?

[FiF]

M&S classic is pretty good this year.

We also tried the Rodney Reindeer pies, pastry shell and instead of mince filled with milk chocolate brownie. Errrm different to say the least. No repeat purchase.

[Bill]

First batch now mostly gone.

[Silvanus]

sherman said:

Silvanus said:

Having baked any yet, but have a large kilner jar of homemade mincemeat ready to go. Looking forward to it as it has a nice bit of venison and wild cherry brandy.

Actual meat?

Real venison meat and venison tallow. I followed a proper Victorian mincemeat recipe last year that had beef meat and suet last year and it was fantastic. I played around with the ingredients this year and decided to go with some good quality muntjac venison.

[williamp]

Bill said:

First batch now mostly gone.

Oh my they are a thing of beauty

[-Cappo-]

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

Bought a box of the Waitrose all butter on the back of this. Very disappointing. Not much fruity taste and far too sweet. ( I ate them anyway )

[The Gauge]

Did the Pepsi challenge the other day with standard mince pies from Lidl & Aldi, I preferred Aldi

[Road2Ruin]

Tesco Finest, for me so far.

They have been the tip of my list for a few years

M and S have been the most disappointing. Pay a lot, get less.

[dlks151]

S100HP said:

However, the pinnacle so far this year, Morrisons Deep Filled Pies. Incredible. Full of juicy fruit and a golden ratio of pastry to filling. Don't think it can get better than these for me, but 9/10 just incase....

I'll second that, Morrisons Deep Filled ones are the dog's dangly bits, best by a country mile !

[FiF]

dlks151 said:

S100HP said:

However, the pinnacle so far this year, Morrisons Deep Filled Pies. Incredible. Full of juicy fruit and a golden ratio of pastry to filling. Don't think it can get better than these for me, but 9/10 just incase....

I'll second that, Morrisons Deep Filled ones are the dog's dangly bits, best by a country mile !

Pastry bit underdone for me, nice fruit though.

[Regbuser]

From recent tastings:
Morrisons boggo - not good
Morrisons luxury - good
Lidl deluxe - good
Aldi all butter - good
Am heartily sick of mince pies now

[dapprman]

The things I do for PH research purposes

Will try the luxury one as part of lunch - seem to remember the Aldi apple ones were most people raved about last year.

[Road2Ruin]

dapprman said:

The things I do for PH research purposes

Will try the luxury one as part of lunch - seem to remember the Aldi apple ones were most people raved about last year.

A lot of 'mince pies' in name only there. I hate all those mince pies trying to add something. It should be pastry, mince meat and alcohol. Sugar on top, if you must.

[S100HP]

Road2Ruin said:

A lot of 'mince pies' in name only there. I hate all those mince pies trying to add something. It should be pastry, mince meat and alcohol. Sugar on top, if you must.

Urgh. No alcohol.

[Gixer968CS]

Absolutely the best mince pies you can buy are from COOK. No debate. Sorry, but that's obviously the end of the thread.

https://www.cookfood.net/products/mince-pies?srslt...

[DoctorX]

Gixer968CS said:

Absolutely the best mince pies you can buy are from COOK. No debate. Sorry, but that's obviously the end of the thread.

https://www.cookfood.net/products/mince-pies?srslt...

Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll check these out. This, however, is troubling:

“Delicious crumbly vegan pastry dusted with icing sugar, and a rich fruity mince meat”

[dapprman]

Road2Ruin said:

dapprman said:

The things I do for PH research purposes

Will try the luxury one as part of lunch - seem to remember the Aldi apple ones were most people raved about last year.

A lot of 'mince pies' in name only there. I hate all those mince pies trying to add something. It should be pastry, mince meat and alcohol. Sugar on top, if you must.

Hactually, 5 of the 8 fall under your definition though only one of the other three is mince meat based. Having said that the rum one just tastes of rum despite being a 'proper' mince pie.