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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal204
  • fat10g
  • saturates3g
  • carbs27g
  • sugars17g
  • fibre1g
  • protein3g
  • salt0.21g
    low
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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.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2007

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A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.16 ratings

fairweather

I got really soggy pastry in the middle, so could only really use the edge ones- but even these weeent great! Not sure what went wrong having read the oither comments! Actual flavour was great!

clootiedumplin

question

Just taken the slices out of the oven. Although they look good, they don't seem to have risen much in the middle of the pastry, infact they look as if they are uncooked in the middle. I marked them out into 15 squares, and placed the filling in the centre of each square, so as to have individual…

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goodfoodteam

Cutting the slices before you baked them shouldn’t have made too much difference. Perhaps your oven may not have been hot enough if the pastry was uncooked in the middle. You can check the temperature using an oven thermometer, or next time try baking them as one and cutting as we haven't tested the…

frankjackdin

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Amazing - just made 2 batches for work. Will definitely make again

hollywoozle

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

I made this recipe several times last year and it's so delicious! Much better than traditional mince pies in my opinion. I plan to make it several times this Christmas as it goes down a treat with mulled wine (or at anytime!). Very simple to make as well. Yum!

sinny12lyns087

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

delicious....

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