Christmas is coming and How to Eat is chewing over a mince pie. But hot or cold? Brandy butter or cream? And does it matter which hand you eat it with? In 1733, the Gentleman’s Magazine carried a ...

Panel blind-tests 11 premium mince pies – and picks M&S as the favourites This year’s best mince pies are from Marks & Spencer, according to baking experts at Which?, with Iceland the much cheaper ...

Beef mince, like ground beef, gets its name from the method used to process it. While grinding and mincing may sound like similar ways to break down a cut of beef, they are different and lead to ...

MINCE pies are a Christmas staple – but which supermarket brands taste the best? We’ve compared supermarket own-brand mince pies from Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose with ...

Place beef mince in a bowl and mix in a little oil. Heat a large frypan or a wok, ensure it is hot — if you flick a little water onto the cooking surface, it should sizzle. Crumble in half of the ...

Rebecca has been leading our food and drink testing for over five years. She oversees rigorous blind taste tests of more than 250 products a year, covering everything from olive oil and chocolate to ...

I tried mince pies from four major British supermarkets to see which one was the best. We are at that time of the year when supermarket shelves are stacked high with the festive treat. Millions of ...

For a more textured mince, and/or if you want to know exactly what has gone into it, choose a piece of beef and ask your butcher to mince it for you, or mince it yourself. For slow-cooked dishes such ...

Benjamina's mince pie pastry is just short and crumbly enough for the perfect pie but still very easy to work with. Use the extra pastry scraps to decorate to your heart's content. To make the pastry, ...