Keep within the vacation spirit with these home made English mince pies from the Vegan Christmas cookbook. Strive a mix of raisins, currants, and figs for the dried fruit in these seasonal treats.
What you want:
For the pastry:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup powdered sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon floor cinnamon
½ cup vegan butter
2 tablespoons almond milk
For the filling:
2 cups blended dried fruit
2 Braeburn apples, grated
Juice and zest of 1 orange
Juice and zest of ½ lemon
½ cup agave
1 teaspoon allspice
¼ cup vegan-friendly brandy
¼ cup sugar, for sprinkling on high
What you do:
- For the pastry, in a mixing bowl, mix flour, sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Add butter and rub into dry components with fingers till combine is a breadcrumb-like consistency.
- Stir in milk to kind a single ball of dough. Knead for two minutes, then wrap in plastic wrap and place in freezer to sit back for 25 minutes.
- For the filling, in a big mixing bowl, mix all components. Cowl bowl and depart combination at room temperature in a single day, or at the least 12 hours, stirring often.
- Preheat oven to 350 levels and gGrease a non-stick muffin pan. Frivolously flour a piece floor and roll out dough to ⅛-inch thick.
- Reduce 12 circles to suit muffin tray, line holes with pastry, and fill every with a teaspoon of pie filling. Reduce out tops for every mince pie and place over filling, urgent edges gently to seal. Sprinkle with sugar and bake for 12 to fifteen minutes, or till golden.
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