MINCE pie recipes can be misleading, after all, “mincemeat” – aka the sweet, fruity mince pie filling you can buy in a jar – is very different to actual minced meat.
As Rachel Green knows all too well, you’re not supposed to put beef in a sweet dessert. As Judy Geller would say, it does not taste good.
But social media users were confused today, when they stumbled upon a recipe for mincemeat and apple tart, which not only used minced beef instead of mincemeat, but actually featured images of apple slices layered over raw meat.
The recipe, which has now been corrected, asks for 255g of mince, as well as two medium apples, shortcrust pastry, butter and sugar.
To our horror, it then instructs readers to line a pie tin with the pastry, before evenly spreading minced meat across the base.
Next, slices of apples are layered over the raw beef, before a dusting of sugar.
It also recommends serving with custard (made from scratch if you’re anything like Rachel) or brandy sauce.
To the horror of Brits, the recipe seems to be genuine and social media users believe whoever wrote it has “done a Rachel”.
“It seems that the people doing this recipe have done a Rachel (from Friends),” one wrote in the comments.
“Mincemeat is a mixture of dried fruit, fresh fruit, spices, suet and brandy. They’re cooked together on a low heat then left to cool and mature for a couple of months.
“In fact, there’s a recipe for it on this very site. It’d go really well in a pie with apples topping it.
“What can be clearly seen in the photographs, however, is minced meat (usually just called mince over here – I understand you call it ground beef or something).
“And this is used to make the recipe. I shudder to think what it tastes like – basically a meat pie with baked apples on top, covered with custard.”
The person joked: “I’m sure Joey would like it. But if anyone has any taste, use mincemeat as per the recipe linked to above. And sack the photographer/graphic designer!”
People have also started taking to Twitter to voice their views, with one writing: “Utterly obsessed with this American site that has confused mince with mincemeat, and created this abomination.”
While another wrote: “There has never been a worse article than this.”
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