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!”

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

The identifying ingredient in a Victorian mince pie is meat. Though it was in this period that there was a revolution in the composition of this festive dish. Mixes without meat began to gain popularity within some of the high echelons of society. This particular recipe comes from Mrs Rundle’s cookbook Modern Domestic Cookery (1851) and includes meat.

You can download the full recipe here: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas/mince-pies.pdf

You can read more about the Victorian Christmas here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas/

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

It does look rather good.

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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.

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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.

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