Author: Paul Curran


Christmas recipe makes: 24 pies

calories per serving: 105

preparation time: 30 minutes

cooking time: 25 minutes

suitable for freezing

Christmas recipe ingredients:

* butter, 125 g (4 oz)

* white flour, plain 225 g (8 oz)

* mincemeat, 225 g (8 oz)

* egg, lightly beaten 1

* caster sugar

* cream

Fruity Mincemeat:

* lemon, grated rind and juice from 1

* raisins/sultanas, 125 g (4 oz) of each

* currants & dried peaches (or apricots, pears),125 g (4 oz) of
each

* mixed spice, 1.25 ml (quarter tsp)

* sugar, light brown 100 g (3.5 oz)

* brandy, 100 ml (4 fl oz)

* eating apples, 200 g (7 oz)

* white grapes, seedless 125 g (4 oz)

Christmas recipe instructions:

1. Mincemeat: Combine the brandy, brown sugar, mixed spice,
dried fruit, and lemon rind with juice. Add cubed apple and
halved grapes. Mix and keep at about 5 degrees centigrade for a
minimum of a day.

2. Make a dough with water (60 ml, 4 tbsp), the butter and
flour. Knead until smooth and roll out a layer of thin pastry.
Cut out 48 round pieces of pastry using a cutter (5.5 cm, 2.25
inch).

3. Place some mincemeat in the middle of each and seal with
another round piece wetting the edges before closing. Pierce the
top for ventilation purposes.

4. Bake the mincepies until set but not browned at gas mark 6
(200 degrees centigrade, 400 F).

5. When ready, remove from the oven, brush with beaten egg white
and sprinkle withg caster sugar. Bake again for an additional 10
minutes or until well browned.

6. Serve warm with cream.