Medieval mince pies were big enough to feed an entire family, documents unearthed by the National Archives suggest ...

Once packed with meat, such as ox tongue and mutton, alongside dried and candied fruit and extravagant spices, the mince pie is not what it once was — and food historian Neil Buttery says that's made ...

Every Christmas, Brits devour about 800 million mince pies, but moves to jazz up the festive sweet treats made of dried fruit and pastry are stirring anger among purists. It is the source of some ...

In fact, a MailOnline audit of 31 popular varieties has revealed that one brand of mince pie is more calorific that two entire McDonalds hamburgers. Aldi's 'Ultimate All Butter Mince Pie' may come ...

In this clip, the Call the Midwife cast dish on what they really think of mince meat pies. Mince pies make a special appearance in the 2024 Call the Midwife Holiday Special. But does the cast ...

Mince pies, once baked, will keep for a few days in an air-tight tin but the bottoms may become soggy. You can make the pastry ahead and freeze it for up to a month so it's ready to roll when you are.

A bowl of sweet mincemeat pie filling - Rimma Bondarenko/Shutterstock For better or worse, the mincemeat pies of today are vastly different from those of Christmas past. The key distinction is ...

Craving mince pies made with crumbly sweet pastry and filled with plumpy, juicy mincemeat? This recipe fits the bill. Mince pies have soared in price by as much as 40 percent year-on-year in ...

Residents at Malvern's Friends of the Elderly's residential, nursing, and dementia care homes—Davenham, Perrins House, and Bradbury Court—hosted a range of activities to ensure a "holly, jolly ...