Christmas Fare: Deluxe Mince Pies

My Laura and Eloise love mince pies and to be honest I am not a fan.   I buy them and occasionally I am gifted them but I had never made them until this year.   We are in lockdown, and despite many attempts, couldnt seem to get any online.

So I took some inspiration from Mary Berry, ordered the ingedients online  and changed her recipe to suit something I might eat.

The results? Totally edible!  I have had two, one on Christmas Eve and one on Boxing Day. For me, that is a lot.  Even Hubby tried and liked.  My girls have declared no more bought ones... maybe they can make these next year!?

Ingedients

Pastry

230g plain flour 

100g cold butter

1 egg

Filling

1cup fruit mince

1/2 cup chopped dried apricots

1/4 cup chopped almonds

Top with

1 log richter chocolate covered mazipan

Method

Process flour and butter together until breadcrumb-like.  Add egg, and process until it comes together. 

Place in glad-wrap and into the fridge for an hour.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees c

Grease a 12 slot tart tray

Then roll out your dough onto floured surface about 3-5mm thick and cut out with cutter to fit your tart tray.

Prick your casings with a fork.

In a bowl, add your fruitmince, apricots and almonds together

It’s starting to be a bit more ‘deluxe’ from this moment!

Fill your casings, no need to blind bake (bonus, who has time for that at Christmas?)

Grab your marzipan... this is optional but soooooooo worth it.  I promise.

 

Slice it thinkly - about 2mm

Place onto your pies

Then pop a bit of pastry on top of the marzipan.  This is usually a star, but I had a heart cutter easily at hand...

No need to egg-wash or anything - aren’t they cute?

Pop intobthe oven for 12 minutes qnd bring them out to cool for 15 minutes before dusting with icing sugar

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