Reply With QuoteFrankly I'd rather see the results of all that eating flushed than published.Originally Posted by Backward point
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Frankly I'd rather see the results of all that eating flushed than published.
Just had a tesco finest . Wasnt that impressed tbh . Pastry was ok but bit short on the filling , which was also a tad too dry
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
+ 1. These are wonderful.Heston mince pies from Waitrose with the puff pastry & pine sugar dusting combo. Their epicness can be enhanced with vanilla Haagen Dazs.
My wife just came home with some Heston Spiced Shortcrust mince pies from Waitrose, so I obviously had to try one for this thread.
Verdict - if you like lebkuchen you might like these but if you are expecting a mince pie, forget it.
PS they were reduced to £1.49 (from £3.29), so it might not only be me that is underwhelmed.
" CHEESECAKE ".
I do this stuff so that you don't have to:
And a better pic of Heston's puff pastry offerings:
Shamelessly nicked from the Interweb. 30 seconds in the microwave makes them a bugger to cut for photographic purposes, as they become a bit soft, hence the stolen photo.
Regards
Ian
Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.
I've just returned from Lidl (I wanted to look at a coffee machine at £39.99) where I felt compelled to buy a bag of their baked in store mince pies at 4 for a quid. I'll warm them up and consume with a scoop of Cornish clotted cream with brandy butter and report back.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
They're a complete rip-off but I quite like the ones in Costa Coffee.
Eddie,
I have had this machine mentioned to me as doing everything a particular Delonghi does, but at a fraction of the price. I was thinking it would be pretty flimsy, what was your opinion?
That's an interesting question because I have a Delonghi machine which is less than a year old and is pumping water out underneath. Both the perforated discs are clean and it's been descaled so I don't think it's back pressure. I can't get the base plate off without buying some hex or star driver bits but I suspect the clip on the water pipe needs tightening. My brother will sort it.
As for the Lidl machine, it looks great value for money.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Mrs A makes her own mincemeat and the mince pies are to die for. You can keep your shop bought offerings as nothing even comes close.
Thanks, I will have to go and have a look then.
Sorry to hear about your Delonghi, but surely it is still under warranty - or would it be too much hassle to return?
This :-(.or would it be too much hassle to return?
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Never seen an in store bakery at any Lidl (admittedly just a few) I've visited.
just sampled a tesco christmas mince pie and didnt really enjoy it :-(
and thanks to this thread it now looks like i am off to waitrose to buy some more mince pies ...
Now this sounds very interesting. Any chance of a recipe?
Matt
I'll see what I can do ;-)
Just tried my first one of these, think they may even beat his puff pastry / pine sugar ones......
Deffo this, just done a box in mi sen!!
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Deffo this, just done a box in mi sen!!
I've just eaten a sugar topped one, you can see it at the back with some filling bursting through the lid!
Step one: Buy mince pies
Step two: Zap in microwave
Step three: Carefully remove pie lid
Step four: Fill pie with whiskey, single malt of your choosing
Step five: Replace lid
Step six: Eat over a bowl / plate in utter ecstasy / mess
:)
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