‘Tis the season to be jolly – Christmas is incoming on all sides. Having had a mini mince pie freebie the other day, Mrs S decided this weekend that the thing she really, really wanted more than anything else in the world was a mince pie. There’s an M&S mini food store 10 minutes’ walk away but I suggested that I could provide her requirements in-house. I’d seen a recipe in Pastry (by Richard Bertinet) that looked quite grown-up and different, given that the topping was frangipane rather than open or pastry, as traditionally seen. I thought the time was right to see if I could make a pastry-based Christmas goodie.
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The Idiot Baker 