Mince meat, formerly known as Mincemeat tarts, are small British fruit-based sweet pies traditionally served during the Christmas season. These are made with a buttery short crust pastry and a savoury dried fruits. You may add nuts to add texture to the pie as well.
Cuisine : Baking Course : Appetizer Skill Level : Novice
Prep : 30 mins Cook : 25 mins Ready in : 55 mins Serves : 2
INGREDIENTS:
- 110g Flour
- 70g Cold Butter
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 30g Almond Meal
- 20g Caster Sugar
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- 1 Egg
- 100g Christmas Mince or Mincemeat
DIRECTIONS:
- Put the flour, cinnamon, almond meal, salt and cater sugar in a bowl.
- Chop the butter and rub it into the flour mixture.
- Add in the egg yolk and form a dough. Do not knead this dough.
- Cover the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle flour over the table and roll out the dough about 1/4 inch thick.
- Cut it out into circles to fit a cupcake mould.
- Place the disks in slightly greased moulds. Spoon in some of the mince filling.
- Cut out star shaped pieces of the dough and place it on the top.
- Bake them at 180°C for about 20 minutes or until the crust turns brown.
- Allow them to cool for 5 minutes in their moulds, then carefully take them out to cool. Sprinkle them with icing sugar and serve with some pouring cream or custard if desired