Easiest Way to Prepare Award-winning Almond Crumble Mince Pies

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, almond crumble mince pies. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Almond Crumble Mince Pies is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Almond Crumble Mince Pies is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. 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:

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. Make ready 2 tbsp caster sugar
4. Get 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
5. Take 1 egg yolk
6. Prepare Last-minute Christmas mincemeat https://cookpad.com/uk/recipes/480570-last-minute-christmas-mincemeat?ref=recipe
7. Take 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. Take 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
12. Prepare 50 g flaked almonds

Steps 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.

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