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1. Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Combine the mincemeat with the nuts, cranberries, apple and lemon zest.
2. Unroll the pastry and lay it on a lightly floured work surface. Slice off a strip across one end to leave a 23cm square of pastry. From the strip, cut out 15-30 star shapes (depending on whether you want 1 or 2 stars per slice). Thinly re-roll the pastry trimmings until it is all used up. Lay the pastry square on a baking sheet and scatter over the ground almonds. Carefully spread the mincemeat mixture over so that it comes right to the edge of the pastry (the mincemeat shouldn't spread when baked). Lay the stars in lines across the mincemeat, slightly overlapping them if necessary to fit, so you can cut out 15 slices when baked. Brush the stars with egg to glaze, if you like.
3. Bake for 15 mins or until the pastry is golden. Leave to cool. Meanwhile, mix the icing sugar with 2 tsp lemon juice. Drizzle over the cool pastry and cut into 15 slices.

Per serving

204 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 1g, salt 0.21 g

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• Sue

  11 December 2007

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  I made these for a Practice meeting and they went down very well. I used walnuts instead of pistachios as I had them in and orange zest in place of lemon. I will definately make them again, they looked really pretty.

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  14 December 2007

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  hi i left out the cranberries as i cant have them as im on warfin medication and its not wise to have them but it was still very nice you could have recurrents they would be nice to i should think doshis

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  02 January 2008

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  I really liked these and they weer so simple to do. they also went down far better than the 'standard' mince pies.

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  Made these twice over Christmas - really good and went down very well with friends. Will def make again

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  these look really yummy, so will try these this xmas. Wonder if they will taste nice warm with cream?

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  24 November 2008

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  I ended up having to make these 4 times last year as everyone loved them so much! My grandad had lost all sense of appetite & taste after an illness yet these have so much flavour that he loved them & wolfed them down! A massive hit in our household, so easy to make and will definately be making them again this year

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Ingredients

• 280g mincemeat
• 25g pecans , mix of broken and whole
• 25g pistachios , halved lengthways
• 2 tbsp flaked almonds
• 25g dried cranberries
• 1⁄2 apple , cored and finely chopped
• finely grated zest 1 lemon , plus 2 tsp juice
• 375g ready-rolled puff pastry
• 1 rounded tbsp ground almonds
• beaten egg to glaze (optional)
• 50g icing sugar

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Difficulty and servings

Makes 15 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 15 mins

Cook 20 mins

Ingredients

• 280g mincemeat
• 25g pecans , mix of broken and whole
• 25g pistachios , halved lengthways
• 2 tbsp flaked almonds
• 25g dried cranberries
• 1⁄2 apple , cored and finely chopped
• finely grated zest 1 lemon , plus 2 tsp juice
• 375g ready-rolled puff pastry
• 1 rounded tbsp ground almonds
• beaten egg to glaze (optional)
• 50g icing sugar

Per serving

204 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 1g, salt 0.21 g

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