You can tell that you no longer live in the UK. Fire up the oven to heat a mince pie with the cost of electricity now. The choice is practically oven v golf membership
. It's 9 seconds in the microwave for those of us in Blighty still.
I haven't used my double oven in years...except for storing oven trays that I haven't used in years.You can tell that you no longer live in the UK. Fire up the oven to heat a mince pie with the cost of electricity now
I don't warm them every time but I do every so often. It feels oddly decadent so it becomes a little treat in itself.
I agree about the timings it's a tough call. I probably go 9-10 but no more. Is a hot minced pie the only thing close to the temperature of a lasagne in a pub? In case the pastry falls apart, it often does when warmed, I also eat it with a spoon if heated. It makes it easier.
Who'd have thought this would be a Thursday night chat but then I've just finished the latest Richard Osman book and I can hear Joyce talking
One year, I may well have posted this on here, I went a bit overboard in January when they were selling boxes for pennies. I ended up with 48 mince pies, 8 boxes, in the freezer, may have been moreApologies to those who already know this but I didn't so I did my own experiment.
Yesterday, I put a mince pie, wrapped up in a freezer bag into the freezer.
First thing thing this morning it was solid.
I've just unwrapped it and it was........................perfect
I also froze a scone and that defrosted perfectly too.
I'm off down to Tesco to stock up
. I worked my way through them during the course of the year. The last one was as good as the first 
. They are brilliant for freezing, there is no negative impact on them. Welcome to the future 
Was there originally?
AmateurI ended up with 48 mince pies, 8 boxes, in the freezer, may have been more
Yes but it seems the meat was replaced by fruit and spices in the late 1800s
Have any of you mince pie afficionardos ever tried them in an air fryer? After all, it's just a small, fan ovenYou can tell that you no longer live in the UK. Fire up the oven to heat a mince pie with the cost of electricity now
I thought that originally the fruit and spices were added to preserve the meat.
I haven't. I have an air fryer but it wont be able to beat 9 seconds in a microwave so I don't really see the point. I'm not getting why oven heat is better than microwave heat, in this instance (different for other items)
The microwave efffectively heats up the inside very quickly hence H & S warning about "The filling might be hot"
The oven heats up the outside first so the filling could be only warm whilst the outside hot.
