CHRISTMAS MINCE PIES
CHRISTMAS MINCE PIES
CHRISTMAS MINCE PIES

Ingredients
  • 225g/9oz plain flour
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 140g/5oz chilled butter
  • cut into cubes
  • 55g/2oz ground almonds
  • 25g caster sugar
  • 1 egg
  • yolk only
  • 55g/2oz golden marzipan
  • 170g/6oz vegetarian mincemeat
  • 2 tbsp sherry
  • caster sugar
  • for sprinkling
  • cream
  • custard
  • or brandy butter
  • to serve
Directions
  • Put the flour in a blender with the cinnamon. Add the butter and blitz to form fine breadcrumbs. Add the almonds
  • sugar
  • egg yolk and 2-3 tbsp of cold water and blitz to form a soft dough. Knead the dough briefly on a floured surface
  • then wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.
  • Meanwhile
  • chop the marzipan into small pieces. Stir into the mincemeat
  • along with the sherry.
  • Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Thinly roll out the pastry and cut out twelve 7.5cm/3in rounds. Place the rounds in a greased 12 hole tart tin. Divide the mincemeat between the pastry cases.
  • Cut out 12 stars and place one on top of each tart. Bake for 20 minutes until the pastry is golden and cooked through. Transfer to a wire rack and sprinkle with caster sugar. Serve with cream
  • custard or brandy butter