Angela's mince pies recipe | delicious. magazine

Angela's mince pies recipe | delicious. magazine

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Our 2014 mince pie challenge winner Angela Perkins shares her homemade, traditional recipe full of zesty orange.

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Ingredients

  • For the mincemeat
  • 2 bramley apples, peeled, cored and chopped
  • 200g suet
  • 350g raisins
  • 230g sultanas
  • 230g currants
  • 230g light brown sugar
  • zest and juice of 2 oranges and 2 lemons
  • 50g whole, blanched almonds, roughly chopped
  • 4 tsp mixed spice
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 6 tbsp port
  • 4 tbsp brandy
  • For the pastry
  • 220g flour
  • generous pinch fine sea salt
  • 110g butter
  • 1 medium free range egg yolk, plus 1 whole egg, beaten, for glazing
  • You will also need waxed discs (from lakeland.co.uk) and sterilised jars (see know-how) for the leftover mincemeat.

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