Frangipane Mince Pies
Directions
- 1Add plain flour and icing sugar into a bowl.
- 2Grate in cold butter and rub it into the flour.
- 3Add an egg yolk, a little lemon juice, and some water.
- 4Bring the mixture together to form a ball.
- 5Wrap the dough in cling film and chill.
- 6Mix butter and sugar until soft.
- 7Add in the eggs and mix together.
- 8Pour in ground almonds, plain flour, and almond extract, then mix one last time.
- 9Roll out the pastry thinly and cut out 18 circles.
- 10Place the pastry circles into a cupcake tin.
- 11Add a teaspoon of mincemeat to the center of each pastry circle.
- 12Add a teaspoon of frangipane on top of the mincemeat.
- 13Sprinkle some flaked almonds on top.
- 14Bake for 20 minutes.
- 15While hot, brush with a little apricot jam to give a nice shine.
- 16Serve with a sprinkle of icing sugar and freshly whipped cream.
Ingredients
- plain flour
- icing sugar
- cold butter
- egg yolk
- lemon juice
- water
- butter
- sugar
- eggs
- ground almonds
- plain flour
- almond extract
- 1 teaspoon mincemeat
- 1 teaspoon frangipane
- flaked almonds
- apricot jam
- icing sugar
- freshly whipped cream
Equipment
bowlspatulagratercling filmelectric mixerrolling pincookie cuttercupcake tinbrush