Mince Meat Pie (snack). A mince pie (also mincemeat pie in New England, and fruit mince pie in Australia and New Zealand) is a sweet pie of English origin, filled with a mixture of dried fruits and spices called "mincemeat". Mincemeat is a classic pie flavor that traditionally contains fruit, pecans, brandy and citrus zest. We've made it easy as ever to try your hand at this old-fashioned treat with a recipe. Mince Meat Pie (snack)

You can have Mince Meat Pie (snack) using 16 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mince Meat Pie (snack)
  1. Prepare 1 kg of plain flour.
  2. You need 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
  3. It’s 500 g of Margarine.
  4. You need 2 pinches of salt.
  5. Prepare 1/2 cup of cold water for the dough.
  6. Prepare 1 of habanero pepper.
  7. It’s 2 of medium Irish potatoes.
  8. You need 2 of medium carrots.
  9. Prepare 500 g of minced meat.
  10. Prepare 1 of bulb onion.
  11. You need 2 of green bell pepper diced.
  12. You need 1/2 tsp of curry powder.
  13. It’s 2 of cooking spoons vegetable oil.
  14. Prepare 2 of Knorr cubes.
  15. It’s 1 of egg.
  16. Prepare to taste of Salt.

Be the first to rate & review! This version of the traditional British pie leaves out the beef so the fruit can shine, but still includes suet (beef. Mince pies are still considered an essential accompaniment to holiday dinners today. But to be truly "traditional", mincemeat requires meat and suet.

Mince Meat Pie (snack) step by step

  1. Peel the Irish potatoes and scrape the carrots, wash and cut these two into tiny cubes. Wash and slice the onions, pepper and bell pepper into tiny pieces..

  2. Heat the vegetable oil in a pot, add the diced onions, pepper and stir for a bit, add the minced meat and stir vigorously till the minced meat cook through then add diced bell pepper and set aside.

  3. Add a cup of water, Knorr cubes and curry. Cover pot, once the contents of the pot starts boiling, add the diced carrots and potatoes and cook till everything is well done..

  4. Add salt to taste, stir the contents and turn off the heat. Set the meat pie filling aside. Now is the time to prepare the dough for the meat pie..

  5. Put flour in a sizeable bowl; add baking powder and 2 pinches of salt. Mix these dry ingredients very well; add margarine into the bowl of flour, use finger tips to rub the margarine into the flour till the mix becomes like crumbs..

  6. Add water in bits while at the same time folding the mix till a stiff ball of dough is formed. Knead the dough very well, put back in the bowl and leave to rest for 5 to 7 minutes. This makes the dough more elastic.

  7. Set your oven to 200°C and leave to preheat while you continue with the meat pie molding, rub margarine on the insides of the oven tray and set aside. Break the egg, beat it and set aside..

  8. Knead the dough some more, roll it out, use a meat pie cutter to make round cuts on the rolled out dough. Remove the excess dough, leaving behind the round cuts..

  9. Scoop meat pie filling into the center of the round cuts and cover mold by folding one part of the dough to meet the other end and use a fork to press the 2 edges together to close tightly..

  10. Place in the oven tray once you are done and rub the egg on the body of the meatpie dough. Set tray in the preheated oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes. You can confirm that the meat pie is done when it starts browning..

I would have rather used natural currents without sugar being added, but about all I could find was the snack variety in the baking aisle. Mincemeat is a mixture of currants, raisins, sugar, apples, candied citrus peel, spices. Paired with apples and brandy in this recipe, it's a delicious holiday dessert pie. These little Christmas mince pies have a rich fruit mince pie filling full of raisins, currants, apples, lemon and orange zest, pecans, and spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. See more ideas about Mince meat, Minced meat recipe, Christmas food.