Monday, December 10, 2007

Mince Pies

mince piesMy carol concert on Saturday night was lovely. My sister Lindsey came with her husband Andrew, and so did Eleanor (aged 7) and Sam (aged 6). Ellie stayed awake throughout the concert for the first time ever, but Sam dozed off during the second half.

The audience were treated to mince pies and mulled wine in the interval (all part of the ticket price), so every member of the choir had to bring 6 mince pies. Mine were home-made, and following Kethry's and Tracy's suggestions, I added shredded orange rind to the rich sweet pastry. It was lovely, I think I'll always do that in future. I bet it would work well with pumpkin pie as well.

5 comments:

Yellow said...

Are they whole cranberries I can see in that sweetmince mix?

Mam said...

Sounds great Mel. If I'm ever at my MIL's when you're singing anything I'll come along, she's quite near you. Glad Eleanor enjoyed it, my DD1 (9) sometimes likes quite grown up music stuff too I think its good to expose them to decent stuff occasionally!

Hazel xxx

ps how do I get blogger to stop calling me 'mam' on everyone else's blogs? I'm 'mam' on mine (motheringbythesea) - I'm not the flaming old woman who lived in the shoe!!

Melanie Rimmer said...

Yep, Steph. The idea for whole fresh cranberries came from Delia's Winter book (which unlike her Christmas book I found almost totally useless). My mincemeat recipe is a hybrid of lots of recipes I've tried over the years.

Mam, if you are logged into Blogger when you leave a comment it will use your Blogger name, unless you click on the radio button for "Nickname" and type something into the Nickname box (Hazel, perhaps) or click on the radio button for "Anonymous" in which case your comment will appear as "anonymous". But there's a big advantage in using your Blogger ID - your comment will link back to your blog. And you can always sign off with your own name, as you just did. I've been maning to have a look at your blog, and add you to my "Friends" blogroll. I'll get round to it as soon as I can.

Mel (aka Chickpea)

Anonymous said...

glad you enjoyed the orange bits - try mixing in a little mixed spice to the pastry next time, or some rum and orange juice instead of water. MMMMMmmmm!

keth
xx

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