BBC Food - Recipes - Crispy filo mince pies with pear and apple mincemeat

Ingredients

• 3 tart eating apples (such as Granny Smith), peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in chunks
• 1 perfectly ripe pear , peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in chunks
• 100g/3½oz raisins
• 100ml/3½fl oz apple juice
• 75g/2¾oz dried cranberries
• 50g/1¾oz pecan nuts, finely chopped
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• pinch ground cloves
• big pinch freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 vanilla pod , seeds scraped out
• 1 orange , zest only, finely grated
• 1cm/½in piece fresh ginger , very finely chopped
• a few twists cracked black pepper
• 3 tbsp cider, calvados , rum or brandy (optional)
• vegetable oil , in a spray bottle
• 12 sheets filo pastry
• 1 egg , lightly beaten (alternatively use a little melted butter or vegetable oil)
• icing sugar for dusting (optional)
• 200g/7oz low- fat Greek yogurt (optional)
• 50g/1¾oz icing sugar , sifted
• 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped out or 1 tsp vanilla extract