Star Topped Mince Pies
Star Topped Mince Pies

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, star topped mince pies. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This is the way I make my mince pies, and there is no changing me or them: they are small, to be popped straight into the mouth in one go; the pastry is plain, the better to Then cut out your stars with your little star cutter - re-rolling the pastry as necessary - and place the tops lightly on the mincemeat. Recipe by Nigella Lawson from Nigella's Christmas Kitchen. Mince pies are to be savoured - not just as one of the last truly seasonal foods in England, but also as a home-grown culinary triumph, provoking one delighted Frenchman to exclaim in a letter, as quoted proudly.

Star Topped Mince Pies is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Star Topped Mince Pies is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook star topped mince pies using 7 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Star Topped Mince Pies:
  1. Make ready 240 Grams plain flour
  2. Prepare 60 Grams shortening vegetable (i use crisco)
  3. Take 60 Grams butter , cold , cut into small cubes
  4. Make ready 1 orange , juice only
  5. Make ready 1 Pinch salt
  6. Make ready 350 Grams mincemeat christmas
  7. Get Icing sugar

Spoon the fruit filling into the cases and top with the stars. Serve warm with a dusting of icing sugar, or leave to cool. These mince pies are buttery, crumbly, a little bit naughty and a whole lot nice! Top with your stars pressing down as gently as possible.

Steps to make Star Topped Mince Pies:
  1. Sift the flour into a shallow bowl, and add small mounds of crisco.
  2. Add the butter, shake to cover it and place in the freezer to chill for 20 minutes.
  3. Mix the orange juice and salt in a separate bowl. cover and leave in the fridge to chill.
  4. Rub the chilled flour in between your fingers to form crumb-like pieces. gradually add the chilled orange juice and bring the dough together.
  5. If you have some juice leftover, thats fine. dont use all of it. however, if you have used up all your juice and the dough is not quite there yet, add a splash or two of ice cold water and bring it together.
  6. Turn the mixture out onto a clean floured worktop and knead together to a ball.
  7. Divide the dough and shape into three equal sized disks.
  8. Wrap each in plastic and rest in the fridge for about 20 minutes.
  9. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C.
  10. Remove a disk from the fridge and roll out thinly on a clean, floured worktop.
  11. Using a fluted pastry cutter cut out 12 circles just a little wider than the moulds of a 12 hole tart tin (or cupcake tin).
  12. Place each circle in the tart tin, and fill with about a teaspoon (heaped) of mincemeat.
  13. Re-roll the scraps, and cut out 12 star shapes and place onto the pies.
  14. Transfer to the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the pastry is a light golden brown (they cook very quickly, so keep an eye on them).
  15. Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
  16. Repeat the steps till all the dough is used up (this recipe makes 36 pies, so thats three cycles).
  17. Dust the cooled pies with confectioners sugar. serve!

Repeat this process until you have fille the tin. Sometimes the dough may need a quick blitz in the food processor but it should be ok. Try this delicious mini star topped mince pies recipe for a tasty treat. Wondering how to make mince pies? Let us show you with this simple method (because you've got enough complicated jobs on your hands come Christmas).

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