Endless mince pies!
In this post I would like to tell you about mince pies. In the United Kingdom you would find these tasty treats in all supermarkets and bakeries. The students at the school I work with had never heard of them before so I decided to learn a bit more about them and bake them for my students and friends here in northern Germany.
"Mince" refers to the minced fruit that is in the filling of the pie. This filling is made up of lots of different dried fruits like raisins, currants and berries, and also nuts, suet (fat), spices and lots and lots of sugar! It's very tasty and very sweet! "Pie" refers to the outside layer which is made of pastry. The pastry is usually very crumbly and it can be messy when you eat it.
Traditionally, the pies were made with meat and fruit inside! I didn't know this until I read about it on the internet. What do you think? Would you eat it? The recipe for mince pies date back to hundreds of years ago and originally had thirteen ingredients to represent the twelve apostles and Christ. I don't know if this is still the case but my family have always used a recipe with thirteen ingredients. Mince pies are extremely popular in England and whenever I have visited a friends house or relatives they always have them and offer them to guests. The bakery company Greggs apparently sold 7.5 million mince pies in 2011 over the Christmas period! That's a lot of mince pies!
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It s a tasty
I wouldnt like to try a mince pie.
I would say they are not something that everyone likes. They are very sweet! I like them though :)
it is a tasty
Hey nurane! They are indeed tasty!
I think it is very tasty
I would like to try a mince pies because it looks very good, and I like so much sweets...
They are very sweet indeed! If you would like to try them you could look for a recipe on the internet :) they are very easy to make!
in my opinion it is very tasty
I have never tried a mine pie but I´d love to,I love eating sweet things and knowing they contein 13 ingredients makes me feel hungry.
In my family we eat cake on Christmas or creme caramel wich I cook,I try to cook a different one each year,this year I prepared it with pine nuts and last year I cooked it with cream cheese.
That sounds really nice. I would like to try it!
I'd love to try a mince pie. It looks really delicious. I've never tried it. But I have a sweet tooth and I eat different kinds of sweets during the Christmas period.
this is tasty.yes?
Very tasty! :)
It looks very good. I am hungry now ! :)))
It looks interesting and of course delicious, i have never had the chance to try mince pie before and i thing i wanna try one!
In my country we have Pastel, the layer is made of pastry too and the filling is made from chopped mix vegetables or sometimes replaced with rice noodles.
They are very nice and you can find a recipe on the internet to make them. Maybe you could try making them yourself? They are fun to make! Pastel sounds really great :)