How to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Mince pies

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Mincemeat Pie with Brandy Butter Get the lowdown on how to make marvelous mincemeat tartlets inspired by the Great British Bake Off, brandy butter and all. Green apples, spices, and a medley of candied fruits join the traditional ingredient, beef suet, for a flavorful and festive filling that you can make ahead of time. Then they were made of a spiced, sweet meat mixture but are now commonly made with sweet mincemeat, a mixture of dried fruits, sugar, spices, and brandy (and no meat). They are a notable part of the heritage of a British Christmas.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mince pies using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mince pies:

1. Get 140 g cold butter
2. Make ready 225 g plain flour
3. Prepare 50 g ground almonds
4. Take 50 g golden caster sugar
5. Take Zest of 1 orange
6. Make ready Pinch salt
7. Get 1 egg yolk
8. Prepare 1-2 tsp cold water
9. Prepare Jar good quality mincemeat
10. Get 1 egg
11. Get Icing sugar (for dusting - optional)

Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. We mean the authentic mincemeat pie made with meat (beef, lamb, or wild game) and suet simmering in spices, nuts, and fruit. During wartime, meat was rationed and started being left out of the holiday recipe. Mince pies became sticky sweet affairs.

Instructions to make Mince pies:

1. Rub butter into flour with fingertips until you have a crumbly mixture
2. Add almonds, sugar, orange zest and salt and mix together with fingertips
3. Add egg yolk and water, bring all together and knead into a soft dough
4. Put in a plastic bag and put in the fridge for 30 minutes
5. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface nice and thin (but still thick enough that it doesn't tear)
6. Cut out 18 holes and place each one into a greased mince pie tin.
7. Spoon mincemeat into each cup (don't overfill or it'll leak over in the oven - a level tsp or a little less should be plenty)
8. Cut out star/Christmas tree/holly shapes from the remaining dough and place on top.
9. Brush each mince pie with the beaten egg (this gives the pies a nice golden glaze) and put in a preheated oven at 180 for 12-15 mins (keep a close eye on them, they cook quickly and burn easily!)
10. After they've cooled, lightly sieve some icing sugar over them if you want to

During wartime, meat was rationed and started being left out of the holiday recipe. Mince pies became sticky sweet affairs. Walker's traditional Mince Pies are a luxury Christmas delicacy. Only the finest ingredients are used, including: apple, currants, sultanas and candied citrus peel. Encased in shortcrust pure butter pastry.

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