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- Prepare 1-2 packs ready-rolled shortcrust pastry
- Take To taste caster sugar for dusting
- Get ⭐
- Prepare ⭐Mincemeat⭐
- Get 1/4 Bramley apple (peeled cored and finely diced)
- Get 1/4 of a lemon
- Take 3 tablespoons brandy (or rum or dry sherry)
- Make ready 45 grams light brown sugar
- Make ready 40 grams sultanas
- Take 35 grams raisins
- Make ready 35 grams currants
- Get 35 grams cranberries
- Get 25 grams suet or butter (cubed)
- Make ready 20 grams mixed peel
- Get 10 grams blanched almonds finely chopped
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon mixed spice (not allspice)
- Take 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
A subtle blend of sweet and savoury with just a hint of alcohol which echoes the ancient practice of adding spice and fruit to meat dishes. Mincemeat was always made at home before the. The mincemeat is lovely in mince tarts or this Christmas mincemeat Bakewell tart. Individual mincemeat pies are a classic British Christmas treat but another delicious pie is a mincemeat and apple tart.
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- Scald off a 500 grams jar by filling with boiling water then emptying. Preheat the oven to gas mark 6/200°C (400°F)
- Add the juice and zest from the lemon with all the other mincemeat ingredients, except for the brandy to a saucepan and heat gently until the suet has melted. When done, heat on low for a further 10 minutes stirring occasionally
- Let the mincemeat cool completely, then stir in the brandy and seal in your jar. Leave in the refrigerator until ready to use. Any jarred up leftovers from this mix will be amazing next Xmas
- If using ready-rolled pastry, take out of the fridge 45 minutes before using. After 45 minutes, give it a further 10 seconds in the microwave then leave 1 minute to stand.
- Cut your pastry on a wooden board to minimise temperature change. Use a medium pastry cutter to cut 6-9 circles,depending on the size of your bun tray
- Line the cups of an oiled and flour dredged bun tray…
- …with the pastry circles. Use a small pastry cutter to cut lids large enough to cover the pies
- ..and fill with the mincemeat (about 1 tablespoon per pie)
- Wet the edges of the pies with water. Add the lids, trim and seal
- Pop in the oven for 35 minutes until baked
- Remove from the oven and dust with caster sugar while hot
- Merry Christmas 🎄 🎅 serve hot or cold…
Rather than a small individual mince pie, the mincemeat and apple tart is a whole open-topped pie which sliced is a lovely tea-time delicacy, or served with custard or brandy sauce, a great pudding. A multiple winner of the annual British Pie Awards, the world-famous Melton Mowbray pork pie is filled with the finest fresh pork meat which is chopped and seasoned with salt and pepper. When baked, the meat filling turns grey in color, just like roast pork, and it is particularly succulent. Melton Mowbray pies are traditionally baked free-standing, without a hoop, which gives the golden-brown. I will always cherish fond memories of my mother's and my grandmother's cooling trays piled high with freshly baked mince pies on Christmas Eve, ready to be packed into tins and brought out whenever friends popped in for Christmas drinks.
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