Healthier Homemade Mince Pies – recipe
Ingredients
- 300 grams spelt flour
- 170 grams cold butter cubed
- 1 egg yolk medium
- 50 mls iced water
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 orange zest only
Servings: mini pies
Instructions
- Either rub the butter gently into flour with fingertips until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs or (my preference) put in a food processor and pulse the butter and flour together
- Add the orange zest, egg yolk and water (add bit by bit - you may not need it all) and mix with a knife or process for a few seconds until you have a smooth pastry dough
- Wrap in greaseproof paper and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes
- Preheat the oven to 180°C
- If you have only one mini muffin pan, cut the pastry in two, return one portion to the fridge and make the pies in batches
- Roll out the pastry thinly (thinner than you think you need – to avoid pastry-heavy pies), and use a small cookie cutter for the base to the mince pie, and a star shape, or smaller circle for the top. Push the bases into the tin, fill with a dollop of Eat Drink Live Well's homemade mincemeat, and put the top on
- Use a pastry brush to brush the top of the pies with beaten egg
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes, keeping an eye on them so they don’t burn.
- Leave in the tin for 5 minutes before cooling on a wire tray.
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