Mini Fruit Mince Pies
These bite-sized fruit mince pies are an excellent addition to festive parties, or box them up and give as gifts to friends and family.
How long will it take?
35 minutes
What’s the serving size?
Makes approximately 24 pies
What do I need?
- 350 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 175 g chilled butter, cut into 1-centimetre cubes
- 8 tbsp cold water
- 250 g fruit mince
- 30 mL milk
How do I make it?
- Preheat oven to 220C.
- Grease 2 x 12-hole cupcake trays.
- Sieve flour into a bowl and add cubed butter. Use your fingers to rub the butter into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add a tablespoon of cold water and stir into the mixture. Continue adding water, one tablespoon at a time, until the mixture just comes together. Use your hands to work the pastry into a ball.
- Turn pastry out onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to 2-millimetre thickness. Use a circle-shaped cutter to cut out 24 circles from the pastry and place them in the prepared cupcake trays.
- Add 1 teaspoon of fruit mince to each circle of pastry.
- Take remaining pastry and work it back into a ball and roll out again. Cut out 24 stars using a star-shaped cutter. Place a star on top of the fruit mince and press down slightly so that it sticks.
- Use a pastry brush to brush a little milk over the top of the stars, then cook in oven for 15-20 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown.
- Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
TOP TIPS
- You will need a circle-shaped cutter and a star-shaped cutter for this recipe.
- If desired, you can dust cooled mince pies with icing sugar before serving.
- The pastry can be made in a food processor by pulsing the flour and butter until it resembles breadcrumbs, and then adding water gradually.
- These Mini Fruit Mince Pies can be frozen for up to 3 months so you can prepare them in advance.
