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Nov 20, 2021 · Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/Gas 4. Line the pastry with tin foil, fill with baking beans and bake for 15 mins. Remove the foil and baking beans and cook for another 10 mins. Leave to cool. Brush the rim with beaten egg, set the plaited pastry on top, trim and join neatly.
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Dec 17, 2015 · With your thumbs, press the pastry in each cup. Roll out remaining pastry on a lightly floured sheet of parchment, and cut out either stars or circles about 2 to 2.25 inches/5 or 6cm in diameter for the tops. 3 Put about 1 1/2 level tablespoons of mincemeat in each of the 12 cups. Top with pastry. If using round tops, crimp the edges and cut a ...
Dec 10, 2011 · Make the pastry: sift the flour into a large mixing bowl, mix in the sugar and add the 2 egg yolks. Using a wooden spoon mix in the softened butter. Then add the water in, a little at a time, until you can get the mixture with your fingers to bind into a silky but grainy (because of the sugar) pastry.
Preheat the oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C/Gas 4, and butter and flour a 12-hole muffin tray. Remove the pastry from the refrigerator and let it soften a little. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured work surface to 4–5mm thick. Remember to give the pastry quarter turns as you roll it, dusting your work surface with extra flour to ensure the ...
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Method. Put the mince in a large non-stick frying pan and cook over a high heat for 4–5 minutes, stirring regularly and breaking up the mince with two wooden spoons or spatulas.
Dec 7, 2010 · Start by tasting it, then add extra flavours that suit: nearly always add a little freshly grated lemon or orange zest, extra spice, extra brandy or rum and some cherries or nuts. The old recipes ...
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Add a tablespoon or so of mincemeat to each pastry-lined cup. Brush the edges of the pastry with a little cold water and put the lids on top, pressing the edges to seal. Make a couple of slits in each lid to allow steam to escape and brush the pies with milk, then bake for about 25 minutes until golden and crisp.