Recipe: Perfect Vickys Christmas Mincemeat Puff Pastry Pies, GF DF EF SF NF

Vickys Christmas Mincemeat Puff Pastry Pies, GF DF EF SF NF. Great recipe for Vickys Christmas Mincemeat Puff Pastry Pies, GF DF EF SF NF. People think mincemeat is hard to make. It makes a lovely Christmas hamper gift sealed in a jar with a ribbon tied on Vicky@Jacks Free-From Cookbook.

Another use for sweet mincemeat and Cointreau, my Boozy Mincemeat Christmas Scones! Vicky@Jacks Free-From Cookbook Vickys Christmas Mincemeat Puff Pastry Pies, GF DF EF SF NF Mince Pies Pastry Recipe Vegan friendly. The pastry is so light and crumbly they just melt in the mouth! You can cook Vickys Christmas Mincemeat Puff Pastry Pies, GF DF EF SF NF using 19 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Vickys Christmas Mincemeat Puff Pastry Pies, GF DF EF SF NF

1. Prepare 500 grams of ready made puff pastry, see my free-from recipe.
2. Prepare 115 grams of caster sugar.
3. You need of milk of choice for glazing and sealing, light coconut milk is great.
4. Prepare 400 grams of the mincemeat from the recipe below.
5. You need of mincemeat.
6. You need 225 grams of peeled, cored and chopped Bramley apples.
7. Prepare 110 grams of shredded vegetable suet.
8. Prepare 110 grams of sultanas.
9. Prepare 110 grams of currants.
10. Prepare 175 grams of raisins.
11. You need 90 grams of mixed candied peel, finely chopped.
12. Prepare 20 grams of glacé cherries, finely chopped.
13. It's 175 grams of soft dark sugar.
14. You need 25 grams of flaked almonds, chopped (optional).
15. It's of The grated zest and juice from 1 lemon and 1 orange.
16. It's 2 tsp of mixed spice.
17. It's 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
18. Prepare 1 pinch of ground nutmeg.
19. You need 3 tbsp of brandy.

I've used my mince meat recipe from my recipe collection for the filling. See recipes for Vickys Christmas Pudding Cookies, GF DF EF SF NF too. Our two boys were the best of mates and so were Leonie and I! Add the ball of mince to the pan and squash down.

Vickys Christmas Mincemeat Puff Pastry Pies, GF DF EF SF NF instructions

1. To make the mincemeat, put all the ingredients into a large bowl except for the brandy, and combine well.
2. Cover the bowl with a clean cloth and let sit in a cool dark place for 12 hours overnight to let the flavours develop.
3. Preheat the oven on the lowest setting around gas mark 1/4 / 120C / 225°F.
4. Put the mincemeat mixture into a large ovenproof dish, cover with foil and bake for 3 hours.
5. When you take it out it will look like it's swimming in grease, it's meant to so don't panic!.
6. Let it cool stirring when you feel like it. Stir in the brandy when it's completely cooled.
7. This is enough to fill 3 x 450g sterilized jars. Fill the jars to the top and place a waxed disc on top before putting the lids on. Will keep for a year in a cupboard. Makes a nice Christmas gift if you tie a gift tag around the neck with pretty ribbon and the pie recipe below written on....
8. Preheat the oven to gas 7 / 220C / 425°F. Roll out the puff pastry and cut out 24 discs around 4cm sized https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/356517-vickys-puff-pastry-gluten-dairy-egg-soy-nut-free.
9. Put 12 pastry discs onto a lightly greased baking sheet. Spoon some mincemeat onto the middle, don't go overboard as the suet will bubble out and burst your pies, leave room around the edge.
10. Brush some milk of choice around the edge and put the remaining 12 discs on top, pinching the sides together upwards to create a shell and lid and prick the tops with a knife.
11. Brush the tops with some more milk, sprinkle with caster sugar and bake for 15-20 minutes or until risen and golden.
12. Let them cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before moving gently to a wire rack to cool completely.
13. Serve cold with a dusting of icing sugar, or warm with some brandy butter or clotted cream and a glass of sherry! Pure Christmas!.

Flip and repeat until almost cooked. Add cheese (however many slices 😍) on to the burgers and cover the pan. Cook for a further min and then take off the heat. You can use jam in the bases instead of crushed fruit but I find jam a bit too sweet for these combined with the iced tops. Vickys Lighter Christmas Pudding, GF DF EF SF NF.

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