Tasty morsels.

It was such a treat this week to be offered a mince pie which had been made by a total novice. I knew he was going to have a go and had bought the ingredients – flour, butter, sugar and eggs so clearly he was going to make dessert pastry. Without a food processor he planned to do it by hand but was also short of a rolling pin and cutters as well as the patty tins. Not a problem, he found all he needed locally and had a go. When he offered me one he asked what he’d done wrong, so I tasted it… nothing wrong at all! They were delicious. He’d even jazzed up the mincemeat with apples and oranges. A great success and all credit to someone who was prepared to just give it a try!