Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, the most amazing mince pies ever from auntie marion. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have the most amazing mince pies ever from auntie marion using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make The Most Amazing Mince Pies Ever from Auntie Marion:
- Make ready 8 oz SF Flour
- Get 2 tsp Icing Sugar
- Make ready 2 pinch Sea Salt
- Make ready 2 oz Butter
- Get 2 oz Lard/Trex
- Get 3 tbsp Ice cold water
- Take 2 can Mincemeat
- Get 2 tbsp Brandy
- Prepare 1 Egg yolk beaten with two tsp of water
- Prepare 1 Egg yolk
- Prepare 2 tbsp Castor sugar
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Instructions to make The Most Amazing Mince Pies Ever from Auntie Marion:
- Rub the flour, sugar, salt & both fats together in a large bowl. You can use a food processor if you prefer.
- Add the water in dribbles & bring the pastry together with a flat knife.
- With your hands, make the pastry into a ball and wrap it in cling film. Put it in the fridge for half an hour to chill. Set the oven to gas mark 5/190C/375F.
- Divide pastry into three quarters & a quater. Roll out the bigger piece of pastry & line a 12 hole bun tin (remember to grease & dust with icing sugar). Roll to the thickness of a coin.
- Put the mincemeat into a jar & stir in the brandy. Mix well, put half a tablespoon into each pie.
- Roll out the remaining pastry, to the same thickness. Mix the egg yolk with 2 teaspoons of water. Save the egg white.
- Brush the egg white round the edges of the pies and put on the pie lids, this will seal the pies.
- Brush the tops of the pies with the egg yolks & make a little slit in each one with a knife. Sprinkle eith Castor sugar & put in the oven.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown, take out of the oven & transfer to a wire rack. Sprinkle with icing sugar & enjoy!!!
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