Can you believe this is all chocolate! Herman, our Pastry Chef, went on a chocolate course and produced this “Chanel” inspired handbag! WOW!

BMA Bite Size (December 2011)

Homemade Christmas Mince Pies

Home-made mincemeat is dead simple to make. Having said that in the past people used to have trouble storing it. This was because the high percentage of apples oozed too much juice and the juice started to ferment. In the following recipe the mincemeat is placed in a barely warm oven and so the suet gradually melts and as this happens it coats all the fruits, including the apples, sealing in the juices. Vegetarians can make this mincemeat happily, using vegetarian suet. ...

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Homemade Christmas Mince Pies

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