Christmas Recipes: Cakes & Tarts. No.5 of 7 - Old Mince Pies

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, spicy apple 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:

1. 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.

2. 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).

3. 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.

4. Bake the mincepies until set but not browned at gas mark 6 (200
degrees centigrade, 400 F).

5. 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.

6. Serve warm with cream.

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