England

Mince pies

Name: Mince pies
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 150 g for pastry 30 g for mincemeat butter; 2 tbsp icing sugar plus to dust sugar; 3 tbsp ice water water; 1 cup mixed raisins and sultanas raisins; 1 grated apple; 6 chopped dates; 1/4 cup brown sugar; 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder; 1/2 tsp mixed spice nutmeg and cloves whole spices; 2 tsp plus zest lemon juice; 1 beaten egg

Little pastry pies filled with spiced fruit mincemeat. The taste of a British Christmas.

70 minTime

4 gProtein each

mildSpice

Christmas Eve treat2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySpiced fruit mincemeat in shortcrust, no suet.

The original

292kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

70minutessame

Mince pies.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2½ cups

Butter150 g for pastry, 30 g for mincemeat

Sugar2 tbsp icing sugar, plus to dust

Water3 tbsp ice water

Raisins1 cup mixed raisins and sultanas

Apple1, grated

Dates6, chopped

Brown sugar¼ cup

Cinnamon powder½ tsp

Whole spices½ tsp mixed spice, nutmeg and cloves

Lemon juice2 tsp, plus zest

Egg1, beaten

Method

4 steps

1Simmer raisins, apple, dates, brown sugar, butter, spices and lemon for 10 minutes. Cool.
2Rub butter into flour and icing sugar, add ice water and chill 30 minutes.
3Line a 12 hole tart tin with pastry rounds, fill with mincemeat and top with pastry stars.
4Brush with egg and bake at 200 C for 15 to 18 minutes. Dust with sugar.

Serve it like this

Dust with icing sugar and serve warm with brandy free cream or custard, and a cup of tea.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

England

Mince pies

Little pastry pies filled with spiced fruit mincemeat. The taste of a British Christmas.

70 minTime

4 gProtein each

mildSpice

Christmas Eve treat2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySpiced fruit mincemeat in shortcrust, no suet.

The original

292kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

70minutessame

Mince pies.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2½ cups

Butter150 g for pastry, 30 g for mincemeat

Sugar2 tbsp icing sugar, plus to dust

Water3 tbsp ice water

Raisins1 cup mixed raisins and sultanas

Apple1, grated

Dates6, chopped

Brown sugar¼ cup

Cinnamon powder½ tsp

Whole spices½ tsp mixed spice, nutmeg and cloves

Lemon juice2 tsp, plus zest

Egg1, beaten

Method

4 steps

1Simmer raisins, apple, dates, brown sugar, butter, spices and lemon for 10 minutes. Cool.
2Rub butter into flour and icing sugar, add ice water and chill 30 minutes.
3Line a 12 hole tart tin with pastry rounds, fill with mincemeat and top with pastry stars.
4Brush with egg and bake at 200 C for 15 to 18 minutes. Dust with sugar.

Serve it like this

Dust with icing sugar and serve warm with brandy free cream or custard, and a cup of tea.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Mince pies

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Mince pies

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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