Orange, cranberry & almond mince pies
Stirring zingy cranberries into bought mincemeat and making your own simple almond pastry really brings these mince pies to life
Difficulty and servings
Makes 24
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 15 mins
Cook 20 mins
plus chilling
Can be frozen without the cream
- Whizz the butter, flour and ground almonds in a food processor until the butter has disappeared. Pulse in the sugar and half the orange zest. Add the milk and keep whizzing until a rough dough comes together. Tip onto the work surface, press together and shape into a smooth disc, kneading once or twice if you need to. Chill for 15 mins. Can be made up to 3 days ahead and chilled, or frozen for up to 1 month.
- Scatter a little flour onto the work surface. Roll out the dough to about the thickness of a £1 coin. Using an 8cm cutter, stamp out 24 circles and use to line the holes of 2 x 12-hole bun tins.
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Mix cranberries and mincemeat, then spoon into cases. Scatter each pie with flaked almonds. Can be frozen for up to 1 month. Bake the pies for 18-20 mins until the pastry and almonds are golden. When ready to serve, dust with the tiniest bit of icing sugar. Stir 2 tsp icing sugar and remaining zest into the crème fraîche, then dollop onto each pie to serve.
249 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 29g, fat 14 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 1g, sugar 17g, salt 0.15 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2009.
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Ingredients
- 200g very cold butter , cubed
- 400g plain flour , plus extra for dusting
- 100g ground almonds
- 100g golden caster sugar
- zest 2 oranges
- 2 tbsp milk (or use orange juice)
- 100g frozen cranberries
- 400g jar good-quality mincemeat
- handful flaked almonds
- 2 tsp icing sugar , plus dusting
- 200ml tub crème fraîche
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Difficulty and servings
Makes 24
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 15 mins
Cook 20 mins
plus chilling
Can be frozen without the cream
Ingredients
- 200g very cold butter , cubed
- 400g plain flour , plus extra for dusting
- 100g ground almonds
- 100g golden caster sugar
- zest 2 oranges
- 2 tbsp milk (or use orange juice)
- 100g frozen cranberries
- 400g jar good-quality mincemeat
- handful flaked almonds
- 2 tsp icing sugar , plus dusting
- 200ml tub crème fraîche
249 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 29g, fat 14 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 1g, sugar 17g, salt 0.15 g
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