Mince Pies Recipe

Ingredients

• 100g/3½oz raisins
• 100g/3½oz sultanas
• 100g/3½oz currants
• 50g/2oz cherries (if you use dried cherries they will not have any extra sugar, but glace ones will have sugar)
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg
• ½ tsp ground mace OR
• grind your own 1/2 tsp mace blades whole
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 50g/2oz vegetable suet (optional)
• ½ Bramley cooking apple, cored and chopped but not peeled
• 1 lemon, cut into small pieces but not peeled
• 1 orange, cut into small pieces but not peeled
• 120ml/4fl oz brandy or whisky
• For the pastry:
• 375g/13oz gluten-free and wheat-free flour with xanthan gum OR
• 200g/7oz chickpea (gram) flour WITH
• 175g/6oz rice flour
• 150g/5oz butter OR
• 150g/5oz dairy-free margarine (vegan and dairy free option)
• 1 egg (optional, omit for vegan version)
• To serve:
• caster sugar, optional