Easiest Way to Prepare Any-night-of-the-week Almond Crumble Mince Pies

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, almond crumble mince pies. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Delicious little pies that combine an orange short crust pastry base with mincemeat filling and an almond crumble topping. This recipe can be made in to one large pie - but I still prefer the dainty individual mini pies! I have two mincemeat recipes posted that can be used in these pies, if you are. For the almond crumble, place the sugar and flour in a medium bowl; rub in the butter until combined.

Almond Crumble Mince Pies is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Almond Crumble Mince Pies is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have almond crumble mince pies using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Almond Crumble Mince Pies:

1. Make ready 300 g plain flour
2. Get 175 g butter (usually pastry is half fat to flour but I use extra for added buttery crispness)
3. Get 2 tbsp caster sugar
4. Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
5. Prepare 1 egg yolk
6. Get Last-minute Christmas mincemeat https://cookpad.com/uk/recipes/480570-last-minute-christmas-mincemeat?ref=recipe
7. Prepare For the streusel topping:
8. Make ready 100 g plain flour
9. Make ready 60 g butter, at room temperature
10. Prepare 50 g demerara sugar
11. Prepare 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
12. Prepare 50 g flaked almonds

Keeping a cake with just a marzipan topping. The Almond Crumble pies are well filled with juicy fruity, lightly spiced filling and topped with an almondy, nutty crumble. The star of the show for our testers though, was the Toffee Nut Florentine mince pie. These tiny perfectly formed pies are well filled with dried fruit mincemeat and topped with.

Instructions to make Almond Crumble Mince Pies:

1. 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.
2. Add the sugar and egg yolk, and about 2 tbsp water. Pulse until the dough starts to form.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.

The star of the show for our testers though, was the Toffee Nut Florentine mince pie. These tiny perfectly formed pies are well filled with dried fruit mincemeat and topped with. Then they were made of a spiced, sweet meat mixture but are now commonly made with sweet mincemeat, a mixture of dried fruits, sugar, spices, and brandy (and no meat). Mince pies made with mincemeat do not contain any meat. This will explain what you need to know about this traditional British Christmas treat.

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