M&S Butter Rich Lattice Mince Pies (2011)

Possibly the perfect purpley pie from M&S.

Six delicious butter rich shortcrust pastry mince pies filled with our fruity classic mincemeat bursting with juicy sultanas, Vostizza currants and raisins.

Can the 2011 edition live up to the this pie’s strong heritage.

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Posted: 16 12 2011. Comments (1)

Design your own snowflake

Betley Whitehorne lets you design your own snowflake

December is here and Christmas is getting closer but will it be a white one? We hope so, and to get you in the mood we’ve created a snowflake builder that lets you draw your own snowflake. The best designs will win a prize so get your woolly creative caps on, warm up some mince pies and let it snow. Get started here.

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Posted: 01 12 2009. Comments (0)

ASDA All Year Mince Pies

Asda All Year Mince Pies

Six Mince Pies. Golden shortcrust pastry with a sweet mincemeat filling, lightly dusted with sugar. Delicious served with a warm dollop of thick cream

A mince pie in summer? Are you sure?

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Posted: 04 06 2009. Comments (0)

Fortnum & Mason Mince Pies

Fortnum & Mason's box is a lovely colour of jade, but is it festive enough?Six traditional Christmas mince pies. Deep filled mince pies made to our long-established exclusive recipe with Fortnum & Mason Mincemeat. Chucky, evocative and appropriately moreish.

This is a monster of a pie, and certainly eye catching, but how does it taste?

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Posted: 19 12 2008. Comments (0)

Co-op Irresistible Luxury Mince Pies

This is not a very attractive box, but does it contain treasure?6 luxury all butter mince pies. Mince pies made with all butter pastry, filled with mincemeat, apple, brandy, almonds and glacé cherries.

Ambitiously billed as ‘Truly irresistible, luxury, all butter mice pies’, this pie sets the bar high – but does it clear it?

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Posted: 19 12 2008. Comments (0)

M&S Connoisseur Mince Pies

M&S Connoisseur Box

All butter shortcrust pastry deep filled with a rich fruity mincemeat with vine fruits, almonds, dried aprocots & Courvoisier® VS Cognac

Simple, but stylish, this is a fine looking mince pie, but does the flavour live up to expectations?

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Posted: 19 12 2008. Comments (3)

Co-op Deep Filled Mince Pies

The photography shows of the pretty pies nicely.6 deep filled mince pies. Rich shortcrust pastry cases filled with mincemeat

Good, robust pastry, although the lid came off in my hand. However, if you enjoy adding clotted cream inside your mince pie then that is a strong design feature.

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Posted: 19 12 2008. Comments (0)

Duchy Originals Organic Mince Pie

This is a good looking box, but it loses some quality under close inspection.6 mince pies made with organic rich all butter shortcrust pastry, filled with a traditional organic mincemeat made from plump vine fruits, apple, sweet almonds, orange & lemon zest, seasonal spicy and brandy

I was looking forward to this pie. But like the box, that looks great from afar, it suffers from closer inspection.

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Posted: 19 12 2008. Comments (0)

Asda Rich Fruit Mince Pies

This is a large box of pies, but how do they taste?

12 Rich Fruit Mince Pies. Golden shortcrust pastry crammed with sweet, fruity mince meat.

This pie came with rumours of greatness, in previous years pie tasters had said this could be the one to beat. But this year it was not the case, Asda have made a standard, regulation pie. It does noting special, but neither does it offend.

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Posted: 19 12 2008. Comments (0)

Lyons Deep Filled Mince Pies

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18 deep filled mince pies, made with the finest fruits (catering pack)

The heavy, catering pack, utilitarian branding and crash-proof, internal packaging make this the ideal pie to airdrop to troops in Afghanistan. Pastry base is a little flimsy though – paratroops would need something more substantial. Tasty, likeable and unassuming.

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Posted: 19 12 2008. Comments (0)

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