Genius<\/a> gluten free mince pies to sample, and I was very pleasantly surprised. <\/p>\nSurprised because occasionally some of the gluten free mince pies I’ve tasted in the past have been disappointing – hard pastry, a strong aftertaste, odd smell or unpleasant ‘feel’, or not enough mincemeat to the amount of pastry. The same is true of many ‘normal’ mince pies too, to be fair!<\/p>\n
And because I’ve not been able to track down any of the new pastry from Genius yet, I wasn’t expecting much.<\/p>\n
But these are very nice indeed. In fact, I accidentally ate two today – I love a mince pie.<\/p>\n
The mincemeat is excellent, and generously dolloped into the pastry shells. It is moist, with a good consistency, and clearly contains a variety of sultanas, currants and raisins. And there’s a good taste of Bramley and spice. No mixed peel or chopped nuts, which do detract from a mince pie, in my view! And the mincemeat is vegetarian; another important factor. Not vegan: the pies do contain egg and milk.<\/p>\n
If I was going to quibble, I’d say that the pastry was a little pale, but that was not a problem: it is soft and tasty, with no grittiness or aftertaste. (If you’ve eaten a lot of gluten free products, you’ll know exactly what I mean here!) If the new pastry is anything like this, I’m going to redouble my efforts to find somewhere that will sell it to me.<\/p>\n
These mince pies are definitely worth trying. They’ll be available in Tesco from October 17th, apparently – I do hope this will include my own local Tesco, because I still need to eat myself happy for April-December 2012…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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I know it’s only the first week of October, but I’ve already eaten enough mince pies to have lucky months until April next year…<\/p>\n