Mince pie count

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LindsD Dec 2020 2:19pm, 5 Dec 2020 43,086 posts	0 LindsD 442 Waitrose normal. V nice.
McGoohan Dec 2020 3:33pm, 5 Dec 2020 47,554 posts	0 McGoohan Me and Liebling one each in Caffe Nero 444
Mouseytongue Dec 2020 4:56pm, 5 Dec 2020 6,455 posts	0 Mouseytongue 447 - last of the homemade
Sparkly Lip Gloss Dec 2020 5:23pm, 5 Dec 2020 46,585 posts	0 Sparkly Lip Gloss Home made from a friend 448
um 🎄 Dec 2020 5:29pm, 5 Dec 2020 3,793 posts	0 um 🎄 No update to the total but a cut & paste job from today's Times taste test. The only one I can confirm is the Tesco Finest review. The Tesco std (imho) are far better this year. --------------------------------------------- Booths All-Butter Mince Pies booths.co.uk, £2.85 for 6 ★★★★★ The filling is moist and really showcases a decent hit of Christmassy spice, with ginger and coriander to the fore. Morrisons Deep-Filled Mince Pies morrisons.com, £2 for 6 ★★★★★ Another beauty. These are nicely browned and imperfectly perfect. Pastry’s good, the filling’s good. It’s an excellent pie. Asda Extra Special Luxury Mince Pies asda.com, £1.75 for 6 ★★★★☆ The buttery, shortbready pastry could do with being a bit thinner, but it’s well filled and tasty. Iceland Luxury All-Butter Mince Pies iceland.co.uk, £1.89 for 6 ★★★★☆ It’s all about snowflake designs this year. The pastry is beautifully crisp and the filling has a nice tartness about it (from yuzu, I later learn). Marks & Spencer Collection Mince Pies ocado.com, £2.50 for 6 ★★★★☆ Another very decent pie. Nice shortcrust pastry, moist filling peeping out from beneath the star-shaped lid . . . What’s going on? Morrisons The Best Florentine Mince Pies Morrisons (in store), £2 for 6 ★★★★☆ Plenty of gold and flaked almonds, but these are bright with citrus and not too sweet. Only let down by a slightly undercooked bottom. I could happily finish one of these. Waitrose No 1 All-Butter Mince Pies waitrose.com, £2.50 for 6 ★★★☆☆ Hardly No 1, I’m afraid. The pastry is fine, but the sticky, claggy filling is hard-going with only the occasional chunk of nut to relieve the tedium of chewing. Sainbury’s Taste the Difference Rum, Pineapple and Coconut Mince Pies sainsburys.co.uk, £2 for 4 ★★★☆☆ An unhappy hybrid, like a raisiny treacle tart drizzled with Malibu. It would be lovely with custard, but as a standalone bite I’m not convinced. Lidl Deluxe Speculoos and Almond Mince Tarts Lidl (in store only), £2.49 for 6 ★★★☆☆ Tarts rather than pies, note. Nice latticework of pastry, which has a good crunch to it, and plenty of flaked almonds. They haven’t overdone the cinnamon and spice either. Waitrose Butter-Enriched Mince Pies waitrose.com, £1.90 for 6 ★★★☆☆ The pastry’s all right, the filling’s all right, and it’s pie-shaped. If that ticks all your boxes, you tuck right in. Personally, I’ll give it a miss. Oggs Luxury Handmade Mince Pies sainsburys.co.uk, £2.50 for 4 ★★☆☆☆ These could pass as homemade, but not sure you’d want to claim them. Very plain pastry and the plump-fruited filling is not flavoursome enough to save the day. Oh, I see. Vegan. Aldi Millionaire Shortbread Mince Pies aldi.co.uk, £1.99 for 6 ★★☆☆☆ I like millionaire’s shortbread. I like mince pies. But together they are too much. The shortbread element is lovely and buttery, but the chocolatey, fudgy filling is overkill and way too sweet. Morrisons The Best Black Forest Mince Pies Morrisons (in store), £2 for 6 ★★☆☆☆ A loose, gravelly topping dusted with gold and such short pastry it collapses at first bite. Tastes of slightly chocolatey cherry jam. Which I guess is the unorthodox intention. Tesco Finest All-Butter Pastry Mince Pies with Cognac, Brandy and Port tesco.com, £1.75 for 6 ★☆☆☆☆ Sorry, Tesco, you’re not doing it for me. The all-butter pastry doesn’t taste very buttery, the bottoms are undercooked and the filling is grainy. Asda Extra Special Luxury Sloe Gin Mince Pies asda.com, £2 for 6 ★☆☆☆☆ If Haribo made a mince pie, this would be it. No artificial flavours, they say, but they’ve sure got me fooled. A bonus point for the pretty pastry stars and dusting of icing sugar.
Minnie Mince Pie Mad Dec 2020 5:34pm, 5 Dec 2020 2,608 posts	0 Minnie Mince Pie Mad 450 although they were small ones !
JKrampus chameleon Dec 2020 5:46pm, 5 Dec 2020 12,911 posts	0 JKrampus chameleon 451
DingDocMerrily Dec 2020 5:48pm, 5 Dec 2020 38,519 posts	0 DingDocMerrily very comprehensive Um
meadowsboy Dec 2020 5:50pm, 5 Dec 2020 1,027 posts	0 meadowsboy 2 to finish off a pack this afternoon. 453
Angus Clydesdale Dec 2020 6:08pm, 5 Dec 2020 20,866 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale I agree with um about Tesco std v Tesco finest