Gluten Free Mince Pie Recipe

Ingredients

• 425g of apple juice, or cider
• 425g of light muscovado sugar
• 425g of cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 tsp ground mixed spice
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch of ground cloves
• 425g of currants
• 425g of raisins
• 300g of damsons, (or plums)
• 200g of cobnuts, fresh and roughly chopped (you can use hazelnuts instead)
• 1 orange, grated zest and juice of
• 250ml of brandy
• 300g of rice flour
• 150g of unsalted butter
• 100g of caster sugar
• 1 orange, finely grated zest of
• 1 egg, beaten
• milk, splash of (if needed)