Hey, as it is
beginning to get closer and closer to Christmas here is a Christmas mince pie
recipe to fill your stomachs and for you to enjoy to make:
Preparation time: 45 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
Mincemeat:
1 large jar mincemeat (about 600g)
2 satsumas, segmented
1 apple, finely chopped
Zest 1 lemon
A little icing sugar, for dusting
For the pastry:
375g plain flour
260g unsalted butter, softened
125g caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
1 large egg, plus 1 beaten egg for
glazing
Method:
Place the flour and butter in a bowl
and rub together to a crumb consistency. Add the sugar and the egg, and mix
together.
Tip out onto a lightly floured surface
and fold until the pastry comes together, be careful not to over mix.
Wrap the pastry in cling film and chill
for 10 mins.
Scoop the mincemeat into a bowl and add
the satsumas, apple and zest.
Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7.
Roll out the pastry to 3mm thick. Using
a round cutter (about 10cm), cut out 16 bases and place them into muffin trays.
Put 1⁄2 tbsp mincemeat mixture into
each. Brush the edge of each pie with a little beaten egg.
Re-roll out the pastry to cut 7cm lids
and press them on top to seal. Glaze with the rest of the egg, sprinkle with
caster sugar, then make a small cut in the tops.
Bake mince pies for 15-20 mins until
golden brown. Leave to cool before releasing them from the muffin trays and
dusting with icing sugar. Serve.
I hope you
enjoyed my mince pie recipe for Christmas, if you know of any other recipes or
tips that people could use then please feel free to leave them in the comments
below, come back tomorrow for another post. That’s all for now,
Bella xxx