Rarely available in its natural form, suet is mixed with flour and sold in supermarkets in cream-coloured blocks. A vegetarian suet made from palm oil and rice flour is also available, but it ...

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 ... discard the bay leaf and leave to cool completely. To make the suet pastry, put the flour in a large bowl and stir in the suet, parsley and salt.

As she noted on her site: "I will always cherish fond memories of my mother's and my grandmother's cooling trays piled high with freshly baked mince ... vegetarian suet. Pastry Make up the pastry ...