The Most Amazing Mince Pies Ever from Auntie Marion. Mince pies with homemade mincemeat and pastry. Add a grating of orange zest to your pastry for a unique flavour. Grease a bun tin or muffin tin, depending on how deep you like your mince pies.
You can cook The Most Amazing Mince Pies Ever from Auntie Marion using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of The Most Amazing Mince Pies Ever from Auntie Marion
- It’s 8 oz of SF Flour.
- It’s 2 tsp of Icing Sugar.
- Prepare 2 pinch of Sea Salt.
- It’s 2 oz of Butter.
- It’s 2 oz of Lard/Trex.
- It’s 3 tbsp of Ice cold water.
- Prepare 2 can of Mincemeat.
- You need 2 tbsp of Brandy.
- It’s 1 of Egg yolk beaten with two tsp of water.
- It’s 1 of Egg yolk.
- It’s 2 tbsp of Castor sugar.
They are made from minced fruit not meat. Mince pies should traditionally have a star on top, to represent the Christmas Star which some believe led the shepherds and Magi to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. She's made enough to last the whole Christmas season and will be using it to make some mince pies today. You can store your mincemeat in sterilised jars, or create some mince pies just like Mrs Crocombe.
The Most Amazing Mince Pies Ever from Auntie Marion step by step
Rub the flour, sugar, salt & both fats together in a large bowl. You can use a food processor if you prefer..
Add the water in dribbles & bring the pastry together with a flat knife..
With your hands, make the pastry into a ball and wrap it in cling film. Put it in the fridge for half an hour to chill. Set the oven to gas mark 5/190C/375F..
Divide pastry into three quarters & a quater. Roll out the bigger piece of pastry & line a 12 hole bun tin (remember to grease & dust with icing sugar). Roll to the thickness of a coin..
Put the mincemeat into a jar & stir in the brandy. Mix well, put half a tablespoon into each pie..
Roll out the remaining pastry, to the same thickness. Mix the egg yolk with 2 teaspoons of water. Save the egg white..
Brush the egg white round the edges of the pies and put on the pie lids, this will seal the pies..
Brush the tops of the pies with the egg yolks & make a little slit in each one with a knife. Sprinkle eith Castor sugar & put in the oven..
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown, take out of the oven & transfer to a wire rack. Sprinkle with icing sugar & enjoy!!!.
Early mince pies were much bigger than modern treats - and had a sweet and savoury meat-based filling (Credit: Alamy). But seemingly insignificant things matter, and matter more this year than any I can ever remember. Cooking has given us structure, baking bread or boiling potatoes has helped us put one foot in front of the other. Mince pies are a Christmas treat everyone will enjoy, but why wait until Christmas? With these great prices, you can enjoy mince pies all year round!
