Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, iced mince pies. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
These Christmas tarts are mince pies with a twist - a nutty frangipane filling replaces some of the traditional mincemeat and they're topped with a lovely looking icing. Iced Mince Pies Fiona @ Free From Favourites Edinburgh, Scotland. Thinly roll out the pastry on a floured surface. The syrupy-sweet filling of these mince pies is infused with port and brandy and there's a gentle tartness from the mixed peel and a pleasingly buttery aroma from the pastry.
Iced Mince Pies is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Iced Mince Pies is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook iced mince pies using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Iced Mince Pies:
- Take gluten free pastry
- Prepare egg beaten
- Get Christmas mincemeat
- Get icing sugar
- Prepare water
- Prepare Christmas sprinkles
Last year I never actually got around to trying out the iced topped versions, so this year I thought I'd dive right in. Which feels cheap, but looking at the really nice quality box, you wouldn't. A friend gave me this recipe for mincemeat many years ago. It is so good that even those who do not care for mincemeat pie likes it.
Instructions to make Iced Mince Pies:
- Preheat the oven to 180 oC
- Roll out until the sheet of pastry - Cut out 12 equal sized circles
- Spread the mincemeat onto six of the pastry circles leaving about 1cm of space around the edge of the pastry, this stops the filling leaking everywhere when you bake the pastries - Brush the space you have left at the edge of the pastries with the beaten egg
- Place the remaining six circles of pastry on top of the filled slices - Seal the edges by pressing down with a fork all the way round the perimeter
- Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper - Cut a little steam hole in the middle of each pastry
- Brush the pastries with the beaten egg - Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes or until golden brown
- Mix together the icing sugar and water - Drizzle over the pastries and top with the Christmas sprinkles
A friend gave me this recipe for mincemeat many years ago. It is so good that even those who do not care for mincemeat pie likes it. If preferred, use molasses instead of sorghum. Also, apricot juice can be substituted for the pineapple juice. I have made mince pies with a lattice top or partly open with a cut out on top-e.g a pastry star or heart etc so reckon it would be ok.
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