Mince Pies

Paul Hollywood prefers melt-in-the-mouth pastry for his fruity mince pies, so this recipe is nice and short

• Cooking Time Prep 45 mins
  Cook 15 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Serves 16

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  319

• Protein

  4g

• Carbs

  44g

• Fat

  16g

• Saturates

  9g

• Fibre

  1g

• Sugar

  26g

• Salt

  0.05g

Ingredients

• 1 large jar mincemeat (about 600g)
• 2 satsumas, segmented
• 1 apple, finely chopped
• zest 1 lemon
• little icing sugar, for dusting
• For the pastry
• 375g plain flour
• 260g unsalted butter, softened
• 125g caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
• 1 large egg, plus 1 beaten egg for glazing

Directions

1. Place the flour and butter in a bowl and rub together to a crumb consistency. Add the sugar and the egg, and mix together. Tip out onto a lightly floured surface and fold until the pastry comes together, be careful not to over mix. Wrap the pastry in cling film and chill for 10 mins.
2. Scoop the mincemeat into a bowl and add the satsumas, apple and zest.
3. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Roll out the pastry to 3mm thick. Using a round cutter (about 10cm), cut out 16 bases and place them into muffin trays. Put 11?2 tbsp mincemeat mixture into each. Brush the edge of each pie with a little beaten egg. Re-roll out the pastry to cut 7cm lids and press them on top to seal. Glaze with the rest of the egg, sprinkle with caster sugar, then make a small cut in the tops.
4. Bake mince pies for 15-20 mins until golden brown. Leave to cool before releasing them from the muffin trays and dusting with icing sugar. Serve.

Categories: All Christmas