Almond Crumble Mince Pies. You know when you really want a mince pie? Well yesterday was it for me. These had been on my mind since I picked up this book on Tuesday in Costco.
Stir in the sugar and almonds. With a teaspoon, fill each pastry case with mincemeat, gently pressing it down to leave room for the topping. Great recipe for Almond Crumble Mince Pies.
Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, almond crumble mince pies. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
You know when you really want a mince pie? Well yesterday was it for me. These had been on my mind since I picked up this book on Tuesday in Costco.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have almond crumble mince pies using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Almond Crumble Mince Pies:
- {Get 300 g of plain flour.
- {Make ready 175 g of butter (usually pastry is half fat to flour but I use extra for added buttery crispness).
- {Prepare 2 tbsp of caster sugar.
- {Get 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- {Prepare 1 of egg yolk.
- {Make ready of Last-minute Christmas mincemeat https://cookpad.com/uk/recipes/480570-last-minute-christmas-mincemeat?ref=recipe.
- {Prepare of For the streusel topping:.
- {Make ready 100 g of plain flour.
- {Prepare 60 g of butter, at room temperature.
- {Make ready 50 g of demerara sugar.
- {Get 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- {Get 50 g of flaked almonds.
These mince pies are slightly more complicated than usual but because they have a crumble topping are actually easier to construct. The combination of sweet crisp pastry, rum soaked mincemeat (see separate recipe) and buttery, almondy topping is really. Mincemeat Shortbread Squares with Almond Crumble are a great alternative to mince pies at Christmas. Incredibly quick and easy, there's no pastry to make and no cutting and rolling out.
Instructions to make Almond Crumble Mince Pies:
- Put the flour, butter and cinnamon in a food processor and gradually pulse until you have a mixture the texture of fine breadcrumbs. You can also do this by hand using your finger tips to rub the butter into the flour..
- Add the sugar and egg yolk, and about 2 tbsp water. Pulse until the dough starts to form..
- When the pastry looks like this, tip it out onto a floured surface and use your hands to gently bring together into a ball. Flatten, wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least 20 minutes..
- For the streusel topping, place the flour, butter, sugar and cinnamon in a food processor and pulse to fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the flaked almonds..
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Roll out the chilled pastry and cut out circles of dough big enough to line bun tins, there was enough pastry to make 24, but I had one deep set of tins and one shallow set..
- Half fill the shells with mincemeat, then sprinkle the streusel mixture over to cover. Sprinkle a few slivered almonds on the top of each and then bake in the oven for about 20 to 25 minutes until golden..
- Allow to sit in the tins for about 5 to 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire tray. Serve warm, dusted with icing sugar and topped with a spoonful of brandy cream..
A substantial, buttery shortbread base is covered in rich mincemeat, topped with a spiced crumble studded with oats and flaked almonds. For the topping, beat together the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon, then add the flour, ground almonds, eggs, almond extract and a pinch of salt, and beat until smooth. My almond pastry mince pies are perfect Christmas treats to make ahead. You can freeze them unbaked in their tray and covered tightly with clingfilm and some aluminium foil. You can also freeze baked pies (without icing sugar).
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