250g Plain Flour
75g Butter (chilled and cut into cubes)
50g Ground Almonds
25g Caster Sugar
1 Egg (beaten)
1 Egg White
1 Orange (zested and juiced)
250g Mincemeat
Icing Sugar
Equipment
1 Large Mixing Bowl
1 Small Mixing Bowl
1 Fork (to beat the egg)
1 Sieve
1 Wooden Spoon
1 Rolling Pin
1 3 inch Pastry Cutter
1 Bun Tray
1 Pastry Brush
1 Wire Rack
The Good Bit
- Pre heat your oven too 200c 400f gas 6. Sieve the flour into the bowl then drop in the butter, rub together with your finger tips until you get bread crumbs then stir in the ground almonds, sugar and orange zest. Now mix in the beaten egg and 2-3 tablespoons of the orange juice until you have a nice firm dough.
- Flour your work surface lightly and need the gently for 20 seconds, now roll out your dough and with a pastry cutter you should be able to cut out 12 rounds., grease your bun tray with a little butter, then fill each one with a pastry round and and add 1 teaspoon of mincemeat to each.
- Gather up the remaining dough and roll out again until you can cut 12x5cm rounds, no dampen the edges of the pies and then press a lid on gently, brush the top of the pies with the egg white then sprinkle some icing sugar over them.
- Bake for 20 minutes until golden then remove from the oven and leave to cool until you can hold them then allow to cool further on a wire rack
