Re: [london.food] Mince Pies

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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Martin Frost wrote:

> Bob Walker wrote:
>
>> tomoroow im going to try making the pastry with vegetable lard. I will see 
>> how that turns out.
>
> In my experience vegetable shortening makes adequate pastry, but all fats
> impart different structural and textural qualities to the resulting pastry,
> so if you're trying to recreate the exact pastry you'd get with lard then
> you'll be disappointed.
>

It was different but not terribly so. The people who had them thought they 
tasted okay. :)




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• Martin Frost 12:38 on 10 Jan 2005
  In my experience vegetable shortening makes adequate pastry, but all fats
  • Bob Walker 12:49 on 10 Jan 2005
    It was different but not terribly so. The people who had them thought they

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