- Prep Time:
- Cook Time:
- Difficulty:
medium
- Serves:
12
Boozy Christmas Mince Pies
Description
These sweet mince pies are made with fruit mince, which you can usually buy in jars in the tinned fruit section of your supermarket here in Africa. I add a few tablespoons of brandy to mine, which gives this recipe a lovely 'boost' !
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280 gm (10 oz) Plain Flour
1/2 tsp salt
180gm (6 oz) cold salted Butter
1 tbsp Castor Sugar (very fine sugar /resembles salt in texture)
1 Egg, separated
4 tsp iced Water
1 tsp Lemon Juice
440gm jar (5 oz) Fruit Mincemeat
3 tbsp brandy
Preparation
Sift flour & salt together. Cut butter into small pieces & rub into flour with fingertips until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in the sugar. Mix the egg yolk, iced water & lemon juice together & add to dry ingredients – blend to make a stiff dough. Knead well. Wrap dough in plastic wrap & chill in refrigerator for around 1 hour.
Roll out the pastry to a thickness of 3 mm. Cut rounds to fit base of patty pans or bun tins. Cut the same number of smaller circles to form the lids for the mince pies (I cut small star shapes to make my lids). Stir the brandy into the fruit mincemeat, & then place 1 tsp of the fruit mincemeat on the base of each pastry round. Dampen pastry edge with water, cover with pastry lid, & seal. Prick holes in the lid with a fork or make a small incision with the tip of a knife. Brush with lightly beaten egg white or iced water.
Bake in preheated oven at 200’C/400’F/Gas Mark 6 for 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Sprinkle with extra caster sugar while still warm, if you like. Makes around 12.
