Fruit Mince Pies

•  After coming home from my trip I was pretty happy to see a fully functioning kitchen again so I wanted to make something Christmas inspired.  Since I was a little boy I have always loved fruit mince pies, and my mum would have to keep buying them as I would always manage to find and eat them all before Christmas day! So this year I had my first attempt at sort of making them myself.  I bought the fruit mince mixture from the market but had a go at the short crust myself.
   
  
  Link to The Original Recipe 
  
  Ingredients.
  125g Plain Flour
  Pinch of Salt
  55g Butter
  3tbsp Cold Water
  
  

 

What do you think?

 

Balsamic & Ice-cream

Just a quick post to follow up on the the balsamic experience I had in Modena, Italy.

I picked up this aged balsamic bottle of 8 years before I left and was advised to try it with a plain fior di latte ice-cream if available or failing that, vanilla.

I was a bit sceptical at first but it really is delicious! Its something that you can't do with a balsamic vinegar though as it is too acidic and wont taste very nice, but if you happen to stumble upon a bottle of good quality balsamic I highly recommend it!

I have a few posts saved up from the past couple of weeks since being back so I will be back getting stuck back into it!