Sandham family mincemeat
A real treat. Associate food editor, Barney Desmazery, has had this recipe in his family for 100 years
Chunky mince pie slices
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Makes 15 slices
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- 280g mincemeat
- 25g pecanmix of broken and whole
- 25g pistachiohalved lengthways
- 2 tbsp flaked almond
- 25g dried cranberries
- 1⁄2 applecored and finely chopped
- finely grated zest 1 lemonplus 2 tsp juice
- 375g ready-rolled puff pastry
- 1 rounded tbsp ground almonds
- beaten eggto glaze (optional)
- 50g icing sugar
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal204
- fat10g
- saturates3g
- carbs27g
- sugars17g
- fibre1g
- protein3g
- salt0.21glow
Method
step 1
Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Combine the mincemeat with the nuts, cranberries, apple and lemon zest.
step 2
Unroll the pastry and lay it on a lightly floured work surface. Slice off a strip across one end to leave a 23cm square of pastry. From the strip, cut out 15-30 star shapes (depending on whether you want 1 or 2 stars per slice). Thinly re-roll the pastry trimmings until it is all used up. Lay the pastry square on a baking sheet and scatter over the ground almonds. Carefully spread the mincemeat mixture over so that it comes right to the edge of the pastry (the mincemeat shouldn’t spread when baked). Lay the stars in lines across the mincemeat, slightly overlapping them if necessary to fit, so you can cut out 15 slices when baked. Brush the stars with egg to glaze, if you like.
step 3
Bake for 15 mins or until the pastry is golden. Leave to cool. Meanwhile, mix the icing sugar with 2 tsp lemon juice. Drizzle over the cool pastry and cut into 15 slices.
