Milk to glaze Archives - Scottish Food Guide https://scottishfoodguide.com/ingredient/milk-to-glaze/ Scottish Food Guide is the ethical and independent award-winning guide - professional quality assurance for the best places to eat and the finest produce in Scotland. Sun, 03 May 2020 13:01:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://scottishfoodguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-SFG-background-clear-white-inner-100x100.png Milk to glaze Archives - Scottish Food Guide https://scottishfoodguide.com/ingredient/milk-to-glaze/ 32 32 Christmas Mince Pies https://scottishfoodguide.com/recipe/christmas-mince-pies/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:54:25 +0000 http://scottishfoodguide.apps-1and1.net/?post_type=recipe&p=709 300 years ago, a mince pie would have been a huge dish called “Christmas pye” composed of “ox tongue, chicken, eggs, sugar, raisins, lemon and orange peel, and spices.” Over the years, the pies grew smaller and the meat content reduced, until they became a sweet mixture of suet, spices and dried fruit that had been steeped in brandy. This filling was put into little pastry cases that were covered with pastry lids and then baked in an oven - today’s mince pie. It is said that when the mixture is stirred clockwise, you can make a wish for the coming year.

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