Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Fruit mince pies

Fruit mince pies. Christmas without mince pies is unimaginable. Mince pies are an essential part of Christmas. They are made from minced fruit not meat.

Every year I make my own fruit mince so that I can create my own delicious fruit mince pies over the Christmas break. You can throw the dough around and the mince pies still comes out crisp and biscuity in this kid-friendly Christmas recipe, from BBC Good Food. Celebrate Christmas with these delicious homemade fruit mince pies from chef Curtis Stone. You can cook Fruit mince pies using 9 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Fruit mince pies

1. It's of PASTRY.
2. You need 1 1/2 cup of plain flour.
3. Prepare 2 tbsp of custard powder.
4. Prepare 1/4 cup of icing sugar.
5. You need 125 grams of cold butter,chopped.
6. Prepare 1 of egg yolk.
7. Prepare 2 tbsp of cold water.
8. Prepare of FRUIT MINCE.
9. You need 2 of jars of store brought fruit mince, or you can make your own.

The pie filling recipe is so simple - just mix juicy currants. These deep and crumbly mince pies are so simple and delicious. Learn how to make mince pies with this recipe from Jamie Oliver; Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without delicious mince pies! Dried fruit and pastry lovers, this one is for you.

Fruit mince pies instructions

1. Put in food processor flour,custard powder,icing sugar and butter.process until crumbly..
2. Add egg yolk and water and blitz to make ingredients just cling together..
3. Tip on bench and knead dough lightly,then wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 mins(I roll mine first before I put in refrigerator).
4. After 30 mins roll pastry between 2 sheets of baking paper to about 3mm thickness.
5. Using a round pastry cutter,cut out about 24 rounds of pastry from dough..
6. Grease two 12 hole patty pans.
7. Place rounds into greased patty pans.
8. Place fruit mince in pastry cases and top with any left over rounds of pastry or make stars out of left over pastry..
9. Bake in moderate oven around 180 degress celsius for about 15-20 mins, until pastry has lighly browned..
10. Remove from oven let stand in pan for 10 mins,then remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool completely..
11. When cool sift icing sugar over top of pies..
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13. Give as Christmas gifts.....like the crap ap' cookpad gave to us for Christmas..
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Simple and easy to assemble, these beautiful pies make any dinner table look extra beautiful. Make fruit mince three days ahead. Finely chop apple and half the sultanas. Combine in bowl with remaining sultanas and remaining ingredients, mix well. These homemade Vegan Mince Pies hold the very essence of Christmas in their delicious pastry crusts!