Christmas Mince Pies Recipe Video
Ingredients
Sweet pastry - 550g
Mincemeat - 400g
Brandy (optional) - 1tbs
Icing sugar - to dust
Butter - to grease
Plain flour - to dust
Directions
Mise en place
Make the pastry and allow it to rest
Empty a jar of mincemeat into a clean bowl and stir in the brandy, if you are using it. Cover the bowl with cling film until required
Lightly grease the bun tins with a little butter
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C (Gas Mark 4)
Method:
Lightly dust your work surface and rolling pin with plain flour and gently roll out the pastry until it’s nice and thin
Using a pastry cutter that is slightly larger than the bun tins, cut out circles of pastry and carefully line each mould with the circles
Spoon in the mincemeat to around three quarters full
Cut slightly smaller pastry circles and place on top of the mince pies. Press down slightly
Make a tiny hole in the middle of each pie to allow any steam to escape
Bind together any scraps of pastry and roll out thinly. Use a holly leaf cutter to cut out small holly leaves. Dampen the underside of the pastry leaves and neatly place onto each mince pie. Roll a tiny ball of pastry to place in the centre of the holly leaves to look like berries
Place the mince pies in the pre-heated oven and bake for about 20 minutes
When cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool for a while. Transfer the pies onto a cooling rack and dust with icing sugar
Serve cold or, if you wish, slightly warmed
A jar of good-quality mincemeat is fine to make mince pies, but you can always make your own mincemeat.
Good places to find homemade mincemeat are local farm shops and the local Women’s Institute.
This video is a creation of cookeryskills. You can visit cookeryskills for complete recipes, and more videos.
Make the pastry and allow it to rest
Empty a jar of mincemeat into a clean bowl and stir in the brandy, if you are using it. Cover the bowl with cling film until required
Lightly grease the bun tins with a little butter
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C (Gas Mark 4)
Method:
Lightly dust your work surface and rolling pin with plain flour and gently roll out the pastry until it’s nice and thin
Using a pastry cutter that is slightly larger than the bun tins, cut out circles of pastry and carefully line each mould with the circles
Spoon in the mincemeat to around three quarters full
Cut slightly smaller pastry circles and place on top of the mince pies. Press down slightly
Make a tiny hole in the middle of each pie to allow any steam to escape
Bind together any scraps of pastry and roll out thinly. Use a holly leaf cutter to cut out small holly leaves. Dampen the underside of the pastry leaves and neatly place onto each mince pie. Roll a tiny ball of pastry to place in the centre of the holly leaves to look like berries
Place the mince pies in the pre-heated oven and bake for about 20 minutes
When cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool for a while. Transfer the pies onto a cooling rack and dust with icing sugar
Serve cold or, if you wish, slightly warmed
A jar of good-quality mincemeat is fine to make mince pies, but you can always make your own mincemeat.
Good places to find homemade mincemeat are local farm shops and the local Women’s Institute.
This video is a creation of cookeryskills. You can visit cookeryskills for complete recipes, and more videos.
Editors Review
Here's an interesting way to make your mince pies look Christmas ready! Watch this video to learn how you can fill your mince pie pastries and then decorate the pastry lids with beautiful Holly leaves and berry without using any icing at all. Awesome and easy!Chef
