Many thanks to Jodie from 'down under' for sending us her recipe for making Mince Pies.

Jodie says "I make my own shortcrust pastry and use Robertson's Mince which is not only delicious but handy!"

Here is a video from the BBC's Victorian Farm series on how to make Victorian Mince Pie

Here is another Mince Pie Ice Cream recipe that is much easier to do.

We found it on the ifood.tv web site here.

This is one that you can try at home.

Here is a recipe to make Mince Pie Ice Cream using an Ice Cream maker.

We foud it on the FoodMK web site here.

We don't have an Ice Cream maker, so can't vouch for this recipe, but it does love very tasty.

We found this recipe for Mince Pie Baked Alaska over on the Good Food Channel here.

It does look rather good.

Can the cheeky chef come up with a better mince pie?

Well he likes to think so....

This is quite entertaining to watch and an interesting alternative to the Mince Pie.... However... NO! it's not a good as the real thing!

Nice Try Jamie....

Now this looks like a rather easy Mince Pie Recipe that we found here .

Easy Mince Pie Recipe
Makes around 30 individual pies.

Ingredients:

10 oz plain white flour, plus extra for rolling out the pastry
2 oz caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
6 oz unsalted butter, at room temperature
a little cold water
pinch of salt
1 x 400g jar of premium quality mincemeat
a little milk or egg white

We found thid interesting Vegan Mince Pie recipe here

Ingredients 

One unbaked pie crust of choice, enough dough for a bottom and a top
4 apples, cored and diced
1/2 cup raisins
1/3 cup apple juice
1 orange, scrubbed, juiced, and the peel grated (you will use both the juice and the grated peel)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves

1. Preheat oven to 400° Farenheit. Place all ingredients (except pie crust!) in a saucepan and simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 10-15 minutes until apples begin to soften.
2. Pour filling into unbaked pie crust shell. Roll second piece of dough out and cut into strips 1/2” wide. Weave strips over top of pie to make a lattice crust. (You could omit this step and cut out decorative shapes from the dough instead, placing them around the top of the pie.)
3. Bake for 40 minutes, covering lightly with aluminum foil if crust starts to burn.
   

Serves 8.