Name: Mince Pies
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 225g Butter; 350g Plain Flour; 100g Caster Sugar; 280g Mincemeat; 1 small Egg; Topping Icing Sugar

Dessert

12 servings

349 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Rub cold diced butter into plain flour, then mix in caster sugar

ButterPlain FlourCaster Sugar

Step 2

Combine and knead the pastry briefly into a firm ball

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Step 4

Press walnut-sized balls of pastry into 18 holes of patty tins to line them

Step 5

Spoon mincemeat into each pastry shell

Mincemeat

Step 6

Pat slightly smaller balls of pastry between your hands to make round lids

Step 7

Place lids on the pies and press the edges gently to seal

Step 8

Optionally freeze the pies for up to 1 month

Step 9

Beat the egg and brush it over the pie tops

Egg

Step 10

Bake the pies for 20 minutes until golden

Step 11

Leave the pies to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack

Step 12

Lightly dust the cooled pies with icing sugar before serving

Icing Sugar