Mince pies, once baked, will keep for a few days in an air-tight tin but the bottoms may become soggy. You can make the pastry ahead and freeze it for up to a month so it's ready to roll when you are.

Benjamina's mince pie pastry is just short and crumbly enough for the perfect pie but still very easy to work. Use the extra pastry scraps to decorate to your heart's content. To make the pastry ...

Medieval and early modern mince pies were big enough to feed an entire family, documents unearthed by the National Archives ...

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Small mincemeat pies, with star-shaped top crusts. - OlgaBombologna/Shutterstock History is loaded with preparations of meat that people might find unusual in modern ...

The Yuletide is well and truly upon us, and with the big day only days away, many will be sampling the best mince pies to stock up on. With classic selections on offer as well as quirky ...

Crisp buttery pastry and flavoursome, well-spiced mincemeat are basic components of any good mince pie, but finding one that nails both elements is tougher than you might expect. To find out what's ...

Oliver Cromwell banned mince pies, although they were not illegal. However, mince pies were certainly frowned upon by the Puritans, so we can add mince pies to their long list of things to be frowned ...

Crisp buttery pastry and flavoursome, well-spiced mincemeat are basic components of any good mince pie, but finding one that nails both elements is tougher than you might expect. To find out what's ...