Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, mince (fruit) pies. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
These deep and crumbly mince pies are so simple and delicious. See more ideas about Mince pies, Fruit mince pies, Christmas food. Every year I make my own fruit mince so that I can create my own delicious fruit mince pies over the Christmas break.
Mince (fruit) Pies is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Mince (fruit) Pies is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have mince (fruit) pies using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mince (fruit) Pies:
- Get 1 mix of Sweet Shortcrust Pastry(see my other recipes)(use margarine for Vegans)
- Take 1 kilo Best Mincemeat Mix
- Get 500 Grams Glacé Cherries
- Make ready 50-100 mls Dark Rum
- Take 2 eggs
- Take 2 cutters, one larger than the other
- Take 1 star cutter (optional)
Mince pies or mincemeat pies or tarts originate in England and are little pastry shells filled with a mixture of dried fruit and spice filling. Mince pies are very popular sweets during the Christmas season. My purely delicious fruit mince pies recipe. My purely delicious fruit mince pies recipe.
Steps to make Mince (fruit) Pies:
- Chill pastry, if not already. Set aside 1/3 pastry for lids. Butter 2 x 12 cup cake tins.
- Put all the mincemeat and cherries into a bowl. Tip over the Rum, mix well and leave to soak while you prepare the pastry.
- Roll out 2/3 pastry, (for bases,) using the larger cutter cut out enough circles to fill two 12 cup cake tins. Press gently to fit.
- Whisk the eggs in a cup. Use a pastry brush to coat all the insides and rims of the cases.
- Spoon mince mix into the cups, making sure it’s not over the rims.
- Using trimmings, plus the other 1/3 of pastry, roll out into a sheet. Cut 24 lids with smaller cutter. Use Star cutter in centre, or pierce with a fork.
- Add lids to cups. Press down edges to seal. Baste with beaten egg.
- Cook in medium hot oven for 15-25 minutes, turning once to brown evenly. Carefully prize out of the tins, (as the liquid sticks them in!), and put on a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy! Can be frozen up to 6 months.
I've tried to cover most bases such as gluten, wheat and dairy free which is why I've given you a few pastry options. Homemade Mince Pies are flakey pockets of fruity heaven. Each individual pie is filled with boozy fruit, citrus and sweetness that just screams Christmas for me. I serve mince pies at my Holiday. This mince pies recipe takes a bit of time to prepare and you need to make the mixture the day before - but they're worth every fruity bite.
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