Stollen mince pies

Stollen mince pies

Two festive giants collide in these shortcrust pastry bakes with marzipan, Madeira cake and mincemeat

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Freezable

Freeze unbaked

Method

  1. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and stamp out 12 roughly 8cm circles - you might need to re-roll the trimmings. Press into the holes of a 12-hole bun tin. Add a few tsp of the mincemeat to each pastry case.
  2. Whizz the cake, ground almonds, caster sugar, butter and egg in a food processor until smooth. Transfer to a bowl, then stir in the candied peel and marzipan. Divide between the tarts and scatter over the flaked almonds. You can cover and chill the unbaked tarts for up to a day, or freeze for up to 3 months.
  3. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the pies for 20-25 mins until golden. Remove from the oven and dust with icing sugar. When cool enough, lift from the tin.

PER PIE

444 kcalories, protein 6.0g, carbohydrate 51.0g, fat 24.0 g, saturated fat 8.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 37.0g, salt 0.5 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2012.

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  • 07 December 2012

    CarrieBradshaw commented on this recipe

    Two of my favourite festive foods combined!!! I can't wait to try this recipe :-)

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  • 09 December 2012

    Akapuleran rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really scrumptious! I made a dozen and they disappeared before they had even had a chance to cool! My family love marzipan and said they were delicious and much nicer than a traditional mince pie.

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  • 09 December 2012

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  • 09 December 2012

    Terri's commented on this recipe

    My niece wants to do some cooking with me this Christmas and I'd love to try this one with her - but she's allergic to eggs. Since it's just one egg yolk, could I just replace it with a drop of milk or vegetable oil? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated - I always make an effort to make cakes without eggs as well as the usual recipes so she can eat them but it would be nice to get some guidance on how to deal with recipes like this where there's a very small quantity of egg. any help would be greatly appreciated. I did see the section for allergy free cooking, which is also great - but she's so desperate to try some "normal" recipes and she really liked the sound of this one.

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  • 10 December 2012

    SuzySue rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Delicious - I took them into work and they disappeared very quikcly and everyone was raving about them. Terri - I think a splash of milk would be fine instead of the egg yolk.

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  • 12 December 2012

    Caroline commented on this recipe

    Terri - as the yolk, on cooking, will also expand a bit I would replace it by some milk mixed up with a little powdered egg replacer or, if you don't have any, a little cornflour. Another possible alternative is to mix some yoghurt with a little oil - this will give the texture of the yolk. Please post again and tell us what you did and how it turned out!

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  • 18 December 2012

    David R rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Sensational !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Made by a friend at work. The taste; texture and looks of a truly exceptional pie - An allround sensory delight.. An explosion of Christmas excitement upon my tongue :-)

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  • 19 December 2012

    Marianne commented on this recipe

    I made these mince pies and they are the yummiest I have ever tasted. I will make them again and again. Thanks for this lovely recipe.

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  • 19 December 2012

    Maz4star commented on this recipe

    Just made 2 batches of these, one which we've eaten and were fantastic, the other has gone in the freezer uncooked for Christmas. The recipe doesn't say whether you can cook from frozen and if so, how long they take in the oven. I can always defrost, but it would be good to know if you can cook from frozen, so that you can pull them out when you get some unexpected guests!

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  • 19 December 2012

    Maz4star rated this recipe

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  • 26 December 2012

    PanClanger rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I might be making these every christmas now, instead of normal mince pies - they are lovely. I didn't have any Madeira cake and blowed if I was going to buy one just to use 2 oz, so I used breadcrumbs from a fresh homemade white loaf instead, and the pies turned out perfectly. I think they'd have been too rich with Madeira cake, and the breadcrumbs provided a nice yeasty flavour, more like a proper stollen. Very very tasty, highly recommended.

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  • 31 December 2012

    Elaine rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Went down a storm with everyone. Even my chef friend thought they were great!!! Will definitely make these next year, and probably sooner too!! Thankyou Good Food for another excellent recipe

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  • 01 January 2013

    jeanetteski rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really, really lovely mince pie recipe...all the flavours of Christmas in one tasty morsel!

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  • 28 April 2013

    oufc commented on this recipe

    Quick and easy to make. My brother said probably the best mince pies he's had. Top recipe.

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  • 16 May 2013

    Sharon rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fantastic fun & easy to make! These make great gifts at Xmas time, I make my own short crust pastry but its a personal preference :) a great mix of flavours & textures.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Freezable

Freeze unbaked

Ingredients

  • 375g pack sweet shortcrust pastry
  • a little flour , for dusting
  • 375g mincemeat
  • 50g Madeira cake
  • 50g ground almonds
  • 25g caster sugar
  • 50g butter , softened
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 3 tbsp candied peel
  • 100g marzipan , finely diced
  • 25g toasted flaked almonds
  • icing sugar , for dusting
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PER PIE

444 kcalories, protein 6.0g, carbohydrate 51.0g, fat 24.0 g, saturated fat 8.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 37.0g, salt 0.5 g

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