Mince (fruit) Pies. At first glance they seem to be the perfect holiday food—small enough to crumble pies, lattice pies, and single crust pies all at once, all with different kinds of fruit. Mini versions of your favorite pie! So cute, so easy - and of course, so delicious!
Turn two ingredients—prepared piecrust and pie filling—into loads of fun!
Inside the pies are a sweet filling - made up of your favorite fruit.
I used fresh, farm peaches but you can use.
You can have Mince (fruit) Pies using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Mince (fruit) Pies
- Prepare 1 of mix of Sweet Shortcrust Pastry(see my other recipes)(use margarine for Vegans).
- It's 1 of kilo Best Mincemeat Mix.
- You need 500 Grams of Glacé Cherries.
- Prepare 50-100 mls of Dark Rum.
- It's 2 of eggs.
- You need of 2 cutters, one larger than the other.
- You need of 1 star cutter (optional).
You'll crave these mouth-watering fruit pies as much as your customers do! These deep and crumbly mince pies are so simple and delicious. Mince pies or mincemeat pies or tarts originate in England and are little pastry shells filled with a mixture of dried fruit and spice filling. Mince pies are very popular sweets during the Christmas season.
Mince (fruit) Pies instructions
- Chill pastry, if not already. Set aside 1/3 pastry for lids. Butter 2 x 12 cup cake tins..
- Put all the mincemeat and cherries into a bowl. Tip over the Rum, mix well and leave to soak while you prepare the pastry..
- Roll out 2/3 pastry, (for bases,) using the larger cutter cut out enough circles to fill two 12 cup cake tins. Press gently to fit..
- Whisk the eggs in a cup. Use a pastry brush to coat all the insides and rims of the cases..
- Spoon mince mix into the cups, making sure it’s not over the rims..
- Using trimmings, plus the other 1/3 of pastry, roll out into a sheet. Cut 24 lids with smaller cutter. Use Star cutter in centre, or pierce with a fork..
- Add lids to cups. Press down edges to seal. Baste with beaten egg..
- Cook in medium hot oven for 15-25 minutes, turning once to brown evenly. Carefully prize out of the tins, (as the liquid sticks them in!), and put on a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy! Can be frozen up to 6 months..
You can use this recipe to make any type of pie! Peach pie, apple pie, pumpkin pie, etc! It's so easy and so versatile. These mini fruit galettes are free-form pies. They're easy to assemble Using a simple fruit filling and homemade flaky pie crust, you can create adorable mini fruit galettes.