Christmas Mince Pies
Ingredients
Directions
- Step 1:
Place flour, sugar, salt and butter into a food processor and whizz on high till the mixture resembles crumbs.
- Step 2:
Turn processor onto low setting and add one egg yolk at a time, until the dough comes together.
- Step 3:
Place dough onto a sheet of clingwrap and wrap. Refrigerate for at least .
- Step 4:
Add grated apple, brandy or orange juice and orange zest to the fruit mincemeat and set aside.
- Step 5:
Preheat oven to 190ºC and grease two mini muffin pans
- Step 6:
Roll out pastry between two sheets of baking paper, cut out 5cm rounds of pastry with a scone cutter or glass.
- Step 7:
Press a round of pastry into each muffin tin. Fill with fruit mince meat.
- Step 8:
Cut our snowflakes from remaining dough and place one on each pie.
- Step 9:
Bake for until golden brown..
- Step 10:
Allow to cool for in the trays and then transfer to a cooling rack.
- Step 11:
Combine orange zest and castor sugar and mix well.
- Step 12:
Dust sugar and orange zest over warm pies. Extra sugar can be dusted just before serving.
