Out Of Date Pastry: Yay or Nay? ?

Apple and mincemeat crumble is lovely. I use about 2/3 apples to 1/3 mincemeat.

Or a ditto pie, layer of pastry on the plate, thin layer of mincemeat, topped with apples, pastry top. Only don’t do what I once did when we had guests and I’d probably had too much G&T - right after I’d taken it out of the oven, the whole thing somehow slid off the plate into the dog’s bed. Where the broken bits all mingled with dog hair and her rainy-day Bonios, etc.

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A glass bottle does as a good rolling pin.

My smoked salmon side and paté arrived yesterday along with a salmon en croûte I ordered from some posh fish place. The pastry parcel said best before December 5th? I phoned them up and they said it was ok because it was frozen when sent. I wasn't happy with the explanation because the frozen date was still wrong. Anyway, seeing as we have to live dangerously in these times, we ate it. The pastry was decidedly soggy even after 30 minutes, but I'm still here you will be pleased or not to read!

First drink the wine to get the empty bottle (rather than fishing in the bin for empties). Then everything should go swimmingly. Hic!

I'm a bit worried about you pasta related scarring, though. Will it marr your rolling technique?

Does Bill have a rolling pin?

If we lived near each other we could do a pastry swap. My OH bought me ready rolled puff pastry but I do have a rolling pin (2 in fact) and am perfectly happy to wield it.

A glass bottle (empty) could be a workaround. Think wine bottle...

Oh Fanny, you certainly have done the walk of shame! ?

Just keep on posting these gentle threads.x

I must admit that the pastry of shame is still in the fridge
I’ve got my Ocado delivery later (sans pastry) so I will need to have a bit of a fridge audit.
Maizie, in the interests of science, I shall report back.
Bill came up with the goods, which a frozen this time, so I shouldn’t have any further issues.
This pastry though is in a block, and, further embarrassment, I’m not sure if I am in possession of a rolling pin…

Are the birds still alive?

I'm curious to know what condition the pastry was in when you opened the pack to feed it to the birds, FannyC

My Mum always made a few with puff pastry as well as shortcrust. Lovely!

I’ve never seen mince pies made with puff pastry. Please post a photo of the finished article FannyC.

I have scars on my right hand from a pasta-related scalding incident some years ago, I think it should carry a government safety warning.

All sorted! Bill Nextdoor (bless him) will get me some pastry from Asda.
Hurray! I can bin or feed the birds with a gladdened heart!
We shall go to the mince pie ball!

FannyCornforth

I can’t make any pastry atm Maw, my right hand is all manky because I scalded it badly last week in a pasta themed accident.

Ah, sorry to hear that.(I use the Magimix for pastry myself.)
Filling for baked apples would be a delicious alternative if you can get baking apples. Otherwise the mincemeat will keep for ages in the fridge or a cool cupboard. Drink the Baileys and put some cream in your coffee!

I’m now more than open to suggestions as to what to do with my luxury M&S mincemeat and Baileys double cream! ?

Use them as a topping for baked apples? Porridge?

At least no-one will want to eat at my house with my Terry Wogan attitudes to best before dates!!! (If anyone remembers what he used to say on the matter on his morning radio programme. I bet the sprouts would have been on since September!). Used to give me a good laugh while driving to work.

Bin it. I wouldn't bin it if it was up to a week over. Too risky.

I can’t make any pastry atm Maw, my right hand is all manky because I scalded it badly last week in a pasta themed accident.

It’s funny how these trivial threads get so many posts!
I remember I started a thread last Christmas about sausage rolls which got loads of replies.
I must make a tradition of an annual festive pastry post.
I notice that kittylester has started a thread about cooking turkey, I bet that that gets lots of replies

Mince meat ice cream! Soften vanilla ice cream and put the mince meat through it. Refreeze then serve with the Bailey's double cream.

FannyCornforth

I don’t think that I will use it.
Just the idea of it being out of date is putting me off it…
And I’m feeling absolutely terrible about putting poor old DH at risk with my dodgy festive fare!

I’m now more than open to suggestions as to what to do with my luxury M&S mincemeat and Baileys double cream! ?

Make some pastry of course - easy peasy.

Yes henetha, I didn’t realise at first just how out of date it was.
It can’t have had much fridge-life in it in the first place…

It's a bit too far out of date, I think. I often use things that are a day or two, or three, over the date, but one month is too long.

I would open it and if it looked and smelled OK then I would use it. It's been in the fridge so should be fine IMO.

Thanks all, by the way! x