Name: Vegan Mince Pies With Homemade Mincemeat
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100 g Dried apricots (chopped); 100 g Raisins; 100 g Dates (chopped); 40 g Glacé cherries (chopped); 1 tsp Cinnamon; 1/2 tsp Ground ginger; 1 medium Apple (grated); 250 ml Water; 1 tbsp whiskey (can be substituted for rum or brandy); 285 g Self raising flour (can be substituted for gluten free flour); 145 g Flora plant butter (or any dairy free butter block); 30 g Icing sugar

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Vegan

Christmas

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Sieve the flour and icing sugar together into a large mixing bowl.

Chop the butter into small squares or “cubes” and rub the fat into the flour mixture with your hands until it resembles breadcrumbs.

Using your hands, bring the mixture together into a ball shape. You will need to add some water to do this, probably about 3 tbsps but start off by adding one and then more if necessary.

Wrap in clingfilm and let it chill in the fridge for half an hour.

Chop all the dried fruit into small chunks, but big enough that there will still be some texture to the mincemeat. Grate the apple including the skin.

Add all of the ingredients to a saucepan with the water and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes, stirring regularly to avoid the mixture sticking to the bottom of the pan, until the mixture is all combined and softened.

Leave to cool completely before adding to the mince pies.

Roll out the chilled pastry on a lightly floured surface to around 3 mm thick.

You will need two sizes of cutters for the pies.

Cut out 6 circles with the larger cutter and 6 circles with the smaller one. You may need to re-roll the pastry half way through.

Put the larger circles into a shallow muffin or mince pie tin and spoon in the cold mincemeat mixture.

Brush around the edge of each pie with some water and stick the smaller pastry circle on top as a lid.

Use a fork to make  holes in the lid of each pie to allow the steam to escape.

Sprinkle the tops of the pies with caster sugar and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden.

Vegan Mince Pies With Homemade Mincemeat

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