Mince Pies

Dad made individual mince pies with shortcrust pastry or puff pastry only at Christmas time. He couldn’t make them quickly enough and they were often sold straight from the oven trays. He also made large mincemeat and apples pies, which he cut and served in the tea room or sold as family pies. Sometimes he made them as open-topped shallow filled tarts with a pastry lattice on top. His recipe makes a large quantity of mincemeat, so you can give away some jars as Christmas gifts and keep the