Mince Pies

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Cooking Times
Preparation Time: 
35 Minutes
Cooking Time: 
15 Minutes
General Information
Suitable for Vegetarians: 
Yes
Difficulty Rating: 
Easy
Quantity
Yield: 
1 Tray
No. of Servings: 
8 Serving(s)
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Ingredients: 
  • 8 oz/250g plain flour.
  • 4oz/ 100g butter, cubed or an equal mix of butter and lard.
  • 1 Pinch of salt.
  • 2-3 tbsp cold water.
  • 1 jar of mincemeat.
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar.
Method: 
  1. preheat the oven to 425F/220C or gas mark 7.
  2. Place the flour, butter and salt into a large clean bowl.
  3. Working as quickly as possible, rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
  4. Wrap the dough in some clingfilm and put in the fridge to chill for 20 minutes.
  5. Dust your work surface with flour and roll out around two-thirds of the pastry until it is around 3 mm thick.
  6. Cut out circles using 3" circular pastry cutters.
  7. Line a bun tray with the cut out circles.
  8. Fill the pastry cups with 1 heaped tsp of mincemeat.
  9. Take the remaining pastry and roll out to the same thickness (3mm) as before.
  10. Using a smaller circular pastry cutter, cut out enough circles to cover the mince pies.
  11. Dampen the edges of the pastry cups with a little bit of colde water.  Using a pastry brush will help prevent your pastry becoming soggy.
  12. Put the lids on the cups.
  13. Make a small hole in the top of each pie to let the steam out.
  14. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until the pies are golden brown.
  15. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with icing sugar.