Little Eccles mince pies
From freezer to oven, these cheeky Eccles mince pies are perfect mid-afternoon with an equally cheeky glass of mulled wine. It is Christmas after all!
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Prep:30 mins
Cook:30 mins
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Nutrition per serving
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kcal 268
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fat 14g
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saturates 3g
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carbs 34g
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sugars 22g
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fibre 1g
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protein 2g
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salt 0.27g
Ingredients
- 500g block all-butter puff pastry
- flour, for dusting
- 450g mincemeat (see 'goes well with')
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- golden caster sugar
Tip
Barney says...The beauty of turning the mincemeat into pies shaped like Eccles cakes is that you don’t need a special baking tin. Enjoy them piping hot with a glass of mulled wine.
Method
Roll the pastry out to about the thickness of a 50p piece on to a floured surface, and cut out 10cm circles, then continue to re-roll and cut out until you have about 18 circles.
Place 1 tsp of mincemeat in the centre of each circle, brush the edges with egg white, then gather together tightly to completely encase the mincemeat.
Flip the pies over so the sealed edges are underneath, then squash them with your hand so you have a small puck-shaped pie.
Cut two small slits in the top of each pie, brush generously with egg white and scatter with sugar. The pies can now be frozen for up to 2 months. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6 and bake for 15 mins from raw or 25-30 mins from frozen.
