Festive Mince Pies!

Ingredients...

❄ 1 jar of mince meat

❄ Cranberries

❄ 1 packet of filo pastry

❄ 1 packet of puff pastry

❄ 2 table spoons of butter

❄ A dusting of icing sugar

❄ A dusting of flour

Equipment...

❄ 1 baking tray (preferably with 12 spaces)

❄ A couple of bowls

❄ A sift

❄ A pastry brush

❄ A knife and a spoon

❄ A rolling pin

Method...

❄ First you will need to preheat your oven to 200 or gas mark 5

❄ Next, dust your clean surface with flour and dust your rolling pin too

❄ Then roll out your pastry into a rectangle until it is about a pound coin thickness

❄ When this is done, spoon on your mince meat and spread evenly (Top Tip: leave a gap between the mince meat and each of the longer edges or it will all spill out and make a massive mess!)

❄ Cut your cranberries in half if they are quite large or leave them if they are small

❄ Sprinkle these evenly onto of your mince meat and then roll up your pastry!

❄ Depending on how big your tray is, cut the roll into equal segments - enough to fill all the spaces and put this to one side

❄ Melt your butter in the microwave for ten seconds 

❄ Spread this onto your baking tray until covered

❄ Add two layers of filo pastry onto the baking tray - covering it completely - adding more butter to stick the layers together and a coating on top

❄ take your rolls of pastry and filling and place each of these in the gaps and place in the oven

These take around 15 - 20 minutes depending on your oven but keep checking and take them out when they are golden and crispy

❄ You will want to cut these out and place them somewhere to cool when they are still moderately warm so they don stick in the tray.

❄ Once cooled, dust with icing sugar and enjoy!

I didn't wait until they were cool and they were delicious just warm!

These were my final festive pies!

I hope you enjoyed this recipe, we make these every year in my house so I thought I would share this twist on the classic mice pie,

Thanks for reading, tag me if you replicate these - I love to see!

Merry Christmas!

Alex Alice x