My sister's Mince Pie Recipe for Matthew
10 oz Plain Flour
5 oz Butter/Margarine (Hard)
3 oz Lard (Hard)
Tablespoon Lemon Juice
Level Dessert Spoon Caster Sugar
Pinch of Salt
1 Large Egg Separated - Use Yolk and a little white (White remaining for brushing over pastry)
8 oz Mincemeat ***
Icing Sugar (Dusting)
Greased pie/cake tins
1. Use all the ingredients (except the mince meat and most of the egg white) to make the pastry.
2. Chill it in the fridge for at least 30 mins before rolling.
3. Cut out rounds using crinkle cutters (you'll have to judge the 2 different sizes for the top and bottom) and put into your greased tins.
4. Put a heaped teaspoon of mince meat in each pie and cover with your smaller pastry circles.
5. Put 2 little holes in the top of each pie to let the steam escape.
6. Glaze with the remaining egg white.
7. Cook for 10-15 minutes at 200 degrees C (not sure what that is in Fahrenheit).
*** Edit *** This is the fruit sort of mincemeat which contains dried fruit and spices
10 comments:
Sounds Yummy!
Awesome! Many thanks. I will have to make some mince pie using the recipe you so kindly provided.
And weren't you a vegetarian or am I mistaken? Not like it matters anything to me though! I like you for who you are and not for what you do or do not eat!
Matthew, You're welcome. Hope you like it. The pastry is divine.
Hehehehee Astrid, I can see why you think it's a meat pie but 'mince meat' in mince pies is actually made of dried fruit and spices, and the lard can be vegetable fat if you so wish.
I did used to be a vegetarian for many years but I started eating meat again a long while ago. I have utmost respect for vegetarians and I really love veggie food which I eat most of the time. I love fish and chicken too.
So, are your sister's mince pies the meatless variety? I think either would be good.
Mince pies (made with the fruit kind of mince meat) are a christmas tradition in the UK. You do get them in America, don't you? We leave them out for father christmas :-)
I always thought mincemeat was made of meat. I learn something new every day.
My mother always made mincemeat pies for Thanksgiving... she gave that up a while ago, though.
That pie sounds really good! Last time I was in the UK I became addicted to the chicken and mushroom pies that were served at the pub downstairs from my flat... any recipes for those?
So this is vegetarian stuff .. wicked. I guess I can eat it then too! Huuray!
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