We don’t get fancy with door wreaths. No florist foam/oasis here.
Things from the garden and some gardeners twine. I also hot glued some nuts (giggle) to some shorter pieces of twine and tied them in.
Do you dress your doors? Tell me about your wreaths!
Mince pies are arguably the most festive food when it comes to Christmas. Turkey has it’s place but really you’re only eating that for one day and then cursing the leftover carcass. Same with pigs in blankets, but lets not kid ourselves; there are never any pigs in blankets left over. Christmas pudding? No one really eats that voluntarily more than once.
Mince pies are there for you at the beginning of the Christmas season and it’s practically socially acceptable to eat one every day. For breakfast or something, we don’t judge here.
These mince pie plaits are a fancy twist on the regular sweet short crust pastry based mince pies. Traditionally, a mincemeat plait is massive but these dinky versions are perfect for one.
Ingredients
1 x 375gr block/pack of puff pastry
200gr mincemeat
1 egg beaten with a splash of cold water for an egg wash
Method
1. Preheat your oven to 200o/c and line a baking sheet.
2. Roll out your pastry into a large rectangle around 3mm thick. Cut into eight squares that measure roughly 8cm by 12 cm.
3. Add a heaped teaspoon of mincemeat down the middle of one of the rectangles and even out.
4. Make cuts in the sides of the pastry up to the mincemeat and then alternating sides, fold over the little strips. It helps if you pull them very gently then cross them over.
5. Glaze with the egg wash and arrange on a baking sheet. These won’t really spread when you bake them but leave a little room around them so that air can circulate.
6. Bake for 15 minutes or until they are golden brown. Best eaten warm and dusted with icing sugar.
You know those things like 30 day squat challenge or 100 Happy Days? I am shit at them. I have interest for all of about two weeks and then I just lose it. Naturally, I’ve decided to blog every day up to Christmas as I fell into a bit of a blogging funk in November. We’re starting with the December Lust List.
1. Cardamom Gin – Not only is the label super beautiful; cardamom infused gin sounds perfect for winter gin cocktails.
2. Unicorns Made Me Do It Jumper – They did. They are going to march me into New Look and threaten to stab me if I don’t buy this jumper. There was no chance of getting through this Lust List without something unicorny.
3. Cat Salt and Pepper Pots – You know I’m a crazy cat lady. I think these are cute and will add a feline touch to any dinner party.
4. Cat Food Bin – We feed our cats a dry food called Canagan. The fat and fussy cat likes it and it makes both their coats super shiny and soft. The problem with it is that it smells so bloody bad. You don’t clip that cat food bag up properly after feeding the mogs, go to work, you will seriously know about it when you get back. I heart the handy scoop too.
5. Kitchen Aid Ice Cream Attachments – I had probably one of the cheapest ice cream machines in the history of ice cream machines and it died a slow and painful death a few weeks ago. Plus I just want fancy things for the KA.
6. Friendship bracelets – Ooh. Shiny.
7. Spaghetti Measure – It looks like a weird sex toy but I can only make two sizes of spaghetti portions. One being for half a child and the second being for sixteen people.
8. Christmas Pud Hot Water Bottle – LOOK AT HIS FACE!
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