Accompaniment for mince pies

[Amuse Bouche]

I'm thinking of serving mince pies for Christmas eve, and I want to pair them wit something. I don't know if a traditional brandy butter/hard sauce will be too rich, but what about a brandy butter flavored ice cream? (Not sure how I would flavor it, though! Any other suggestions>?

[jackal10]

Mince pies are pretty high fat anyway.

Ice cream would, I think, cool them too much and make some of the suet congeal.

I prefer brandied whipped cream.

[McDuff]

Mince pies are pretty high fat anyway.

Ice cream would, I think, cool them too much and make some of the suet congeal.

I prefer brandied whipped cream.

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I buy this stuff called Grandmother's, which I think if fairly low fat. Don't know that I've ever had actual real mincemeat that had suet and/or meat in it. The cheap quick dirty way to go with this is Haagen Dazs rum raisin.

[Susan G]

Hard sauce (brandied) is the way to go............this is the way my family has been doing it for generations.

Of course, the brandy in the whipped cream and the brandy in the pie make for a merry dessert course if the portions are large enough!

[Swisskaese]

Hear is a recipe for Brandy Butter Ice Cream. I think it would go well with Christmas Pudding.

Brandy Butter Ice Cream

[WoodleyGrrl]

The best combo that there is with mince pie is Haagen-Dazs rum rasin ice cream. Perfect.

[Amuse Bouche]

Thanks all! I'm trying to decide between a recipe for an iced rum sauce I have and regular brandy butter. There's actually no suet in this mincemeat -- I made an all butter recipe. Yes, it's high in fat, but this is dessert on Christmas -- we're not going to worry!

Mincemeat is very easy to make, BTW. I had no idea.