Method
1. Step 1
Sift flour and icing sugar together rub in the butter. Stir in the grated rind then mix in the juice. bring pastry together then put in the fridge for at least one hour*
2. Step 2
*this part is important as it is a wet pastry.
3. Step 3
Beat the cream cheese and caster sugar together until smooth.
4. Step 4
Knead pastry lightly then roll out (a little thicker than usual) line greased tins with pastry bottoms and put in one tsp of mince meat and one tsp of cream cheese mix them seal with a pastry top and glaze then bake until the pastry is cooked and golden brown
5. Step 5
Gas 7 or Electric 220c
4TH DECEMBER 2013
Christmas Mince Pies Recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 250g full fat cream cheese
- 50g caster sugar
- 500g orange pastry
- Mince meat
- Milk or egg to glaze
Orange Pastry:
- 500g plain flour
- 175g icing sugar
- 375g butter cut in cubes
- Finely grated rind and juice of one large orange
