Easy Mince Pies
Mince pies are buttery pastries filled with juicy mincemeat. These melt in the mouth and are sweetly satisfying especially so that they are homemade.
Ingredients
- 175 grams plain flour
- 75 grams cold butter
- 25 grams caster sugar
- 1 free-range egg beaten. for the pastry
- 1 free-range egg beaten, for brushing tops
- 250 grams mince meat
- icing sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven.
- Make the pastry. Rub the flour with cold butter, add icing sugar, form the dough into a ball, wrap it with greaseproof paper and place it in the fridge for 10 minutes.
- After 10-15 minutes or after the dough has rested, take the dough out of the fridge. Dust a clean surface with icing sugar. Roll the dough out to a 1-2mm thickness. Cut to size using a fluted cutter.
- Line each hole of a muffin tin with pastry. Poke the bottom of the pastry with a fork. Brush them with egg wash. Fill them with minced meat. Cut little heart shapes and place them on top of each tart.
- Bake in the oven for 12 to 17 minutes or until golden brown.
- Leave the mince pies in the tin for 10 minutes to cool and firm up. Lift them out to cool on a cooling tray. Dust with icing sugar and serve warm.
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Notes
- Once baked, leave them to cool and firm up for 10 minutes in the tin before taking them out to cool on a cooling tray.
- Add half an orange zest to the filling and pastry for an orange, citrusy flavour.
- Make these mince pies up to 3 days in advance and store them in an airtight container. They freeze well for up to two months.