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Alton Brown approaches his recipes as a food scientist, and often has a unique take on classic dishes. His beef stew is ...

This recipe is from Delia's Happy Christmas. Makes 24 (18 if using 1lb/450g mincemeat). Scroll to the bottom of the Method to see questions Lindsey has answered on this recipe Make up the pastry by ...