Sunday 22 December 2013

Mince Pie Magic


There isn't much better at this time of year than homemade mince pies.  Everyone has their different approach to the mince pie: sweet pastry, puff pastry, Filo pastry parcels, lid vs no lid.

I'm a fan of everything but I do think that as you can quite easily eat several of the tasty morsels at one time sometimes a smaller idea of a lid is good.

I stick to ready made mince meat as a base and then add to it as I go.  My mince meat was a Lidl choice and I added orange zest, orange juice, finely chopped cooking apple and glace cherries.





Ingredients:

250g self raising flour
110g butter
1 egg
Pinch of salt


Method:
  • Heat oven to 160C.
  • Sieve flour and salt into a metal bowl.
  • Rub in the butter.
  • Mix the egg in a cup, then add to the flour and butter mix.
  • Bring together with a metal spatula, adding enough cold water to bring together.
  • Kneed briefly to bring together, then place in the fridge for 20 mins.
  • Remove from the fridge, roll out, and using a round cutter, cut out the base, and place in a muffin tin.
  • Fill each base with a teaspoon mincemeat.
  • Cut small stars with the remaining pastry and place on the mincemeat.
  • Glaze with an egg.
  • Cook in the oven for 20mins. 





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