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Mince Pies
Traditional British Christmas shortcrust pastry tarts filled with spiced fruit mincemeat. Chilling the pastry for a full 30 minutes before rolling stops it shrinking away from the edges of the tin as the pies bake.
Ingredients
Instructions
Make pastry: mix flour and icing sugar. Rub in butter. Add yolk and water. Chill 30 minutes.
Roll and cut circles for bases and lids.
Line a greased 12-hole tin with base circles. Fill with mincemeat.
Top with pastry lids or stars. Brush with egg.
Bake at 200°C for 15-20 minutes until golden. Dust with icing sugar.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.
