Christmas Recipes: Cakes & Tarts. No.5 of 7 - Old Mince Pies
By Paul Curran
Christmas recipe makes: 24 pies
calories per serving: 105
preparation time: 30 minutes
cooking time: 25 minutes
suitable for freezing
Christmas recipe ingredients:
- butter, 125 g (4 oz)
- white flour, plain 225 g (8 oz)
- mincemeat, 225 g (8 oz)
- egg, lightly beaten 1
- caster sugar
- cream
Fruity Mincemeat:
- lemon, grated rind and juice from 1
- raisins/sultanas, 125 g (4 oz) of each
- currants & dried peaches (or apricots, pears),125 g (4 oz) of each
- mixed spice, 1.25 ml (quarter tsp)
- sugar, light brown 100 g (3.5 oz)
- brandy, 100 ml (4 fl oz)
- eating apples, 200 g (7 oz)
- white grapes, seedless 125 g (4 oz)
Christmas recipe instructions:
- Mincemeat: Combine the brandy, brown sugar, mixed spice, dried fruit, and lemon rind with juice. Add cubed apple and halved grapes. Mix and keep at about 5 degrees centigrade for a minimum of a day.
- Make a dough with water (60 ml, 4 tbsp), the butter and flour. Knead until smooth and roll out a layer of thin pastry. Cut out 48 round pieces of pastry using a cutter (5.5 cm, 2.25 inch).
- Place some mincemeat in the middle of each and seal with another round piece wetting the edges before closing. Pierce the top for ventilation purposes.
- Bake the mincepies until set but not browned at gas mark 6 (200 degrees centigrade, 400 F).
- When ready, remove from the oven, brush with beaten egg white and sprinkle withg caster sugar. Bake again for an additional 10 minutes or until well browned.
- Serve warm with cream.
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