I really like mince pies and yearly I make a batch utilizing do-it-yourself mincemeat and do-it-yourself candied peel. The flavour is so a lot better if you make your personal and yearly I attempt to make some type of twist on the normal mince pie.
This 12 months I made a decision to mix them with one in every of different favorite issues and that’s frangipane. These pistachio frangipane mince pies are scrumptious, the topping is gentle and a beautiful vibrant inexperienced color. The pastry is a scrumptious candy shortcrust pastry tailored from Julie Jones’ e book Soulful Baker.
The recipe makes 18, which is quite a bit, however I like to present some away to individuals and you can too freeze these so that you’ve some for any mince pie associated emergencies or if you simply want slightly choose me up, or one thing to get by way of the unenviable process of Christmas current wrapping.
I’m hoping to squeeze in not less than a pair extra recipes earlier than this 12 months is out, though time all the time appears to fly by, there’s not likely a lot else to do that 12 months with all the limitations that we’re at present having to stay with. So I’ll in all probability simply be hanging out within the kitchen, I’ve lately made some sourdough starter and my first try at a loaf is imminent. I’m terrified! Want me luck!
Pistachio Frangipane Mince Pies
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2 x muffins tins
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piping bag
- 345 g Plain Flour
- 185 g Unsalted Butter Diced, chilled
- 75 g Icing Sugar
- 1 tsp Blended Spice
- 2 Egg Yolks
- 4 tbsp Milk
- 200 g Unsalted Butter Softened
- 200 g Granulated Sugar
- 200 g Eggs Approx 4 eggs
- 165 g Unsalted Pistachios floor in a meals processor
- 35 g Floor Almonds
- 50 g Plain Flour
- 200-250 g Mince meat
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First make the pastry, place the flour and butter in a stand mixer with the beater attachment fitted. Gently combine till it resembles breadcrumbs.
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Add the icing sugar and blended spice and blend by way of, then add the egg yolk and the milk and blend till it begins to type a dough.
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Take the dough and form it right into a block about 1cm thick, this can make it simpler to roll out later. Relaxation within the fridge for not less than 1 hour.
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Take two 12 gap deep muffin tins and grease 18 cavities with slightly butter. Roll out the pastry to a thickness of round 1/2 a cm and utilizing a spherical cutter a bit bigger than your muffin tin holes, reduce out circles and fill every of the holes with pastry rounds.
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Press the pastry into the perimeters in order that it comes up the perimeters of the tin. Take care to not pierce the pastry, you will have to preserve rolling the scraps to get all 12 rounds. Place within the fridge to sit back for round 30 minutes.
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To make the frangipane put the butter and caster sugar within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat till easy.
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Add the eggs in batches and beat till mixed. Then utilizing a spoon or spatula, add the bottom almonds, floor pistachios and flour, fold them in gently till easy. When you have a piping bag, place the frangipane within the piping bag, able to pipe it into the pastry instances. If you do not have a piping bag, a spoon will do.
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Preheat the oven to 170C Fan/180 C/Fuel 4. Take the chilled pastry instances from the fridge and place a heaped teaspoon of mincemeat within the base of every pastry case. Ensure you depart loads of room for the frangipane.
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Pipe a spiral of frangipane within the prime of the pie, you need to cowl all the mincemeat so none can escape. Watch out to not fill them an excessive amount of because the frangipane will rise, you need to come back simply to the highest of the pastry edges.
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Place the pies within the pre-heated oven and bake for 35-40mins or till golden, you need the pies to be golden on prime and also you need to make sure the pastry is cooked on the underside. When carried out depart them within the tins to chill fully earlier than eradicating.
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These preserve properly in an hermetic container for not less than 3 days and so they additionally freeze very properly.
Thanks for studying.
Angela
