Blogmas day 6 : Mince pie recipe

Mince pie recipe

For me mince pies are a real statement for Christmas and I always make them. Here is my tried and over tested recipe.

 

Ingredients

375grams of  plain flour

250grams od softened butter

125grams of caster sugar

1 egg

800grams of mince meat

2 oranges peeled

1 apple finely diced

 

Method

1.First preheat a oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.

2.Then to make the pastry rub the four, butter, sugar and egg together with a splash of cold water,until it becomes a dough.

3.Now wrap the pastry in cling film and put in the fridge.

4.To make the filling, turn the mincemeat out into a bowl, grate the zest of the tangerines into the mincemeat, then peel and chop the fruit.

5. Roll out the pastry to a 3mm/1/8in thickness.
6.With a round pastry cutter, cut out 6 x 9cm/3½in discs of pastry.
7. Press the pastry into the muffin cups and fill each one with a good helping of the mincemeat mixture, so that it reaches three-quarters of the way up the side of the pastry-lined cup.
8.Put the tangerine and apple pieces into the bowl and blend by hand.

9.With a fluted pastry cutter , cut out the pastry  , make sure they are a little bit bigger then the case.
10.Then press the pastry in the tins and then spoon a teaspoon of mince meat into each.
11.If you have any extra pastry make a lid.
12.Then sprinkle with sugar .
13.Bake for 20 minutes then transfer to a rack to allow the pies to cool.
14.Dust wit icing sugar and then eat.

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