CHOCOLATE MINCE PIES | SA Garden and Home

CHOCOLATE MINCE PIES | SA Garden and Home

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Accomplished cook and author Janet Kohler loves gathering her family around on Christmas Day. Get her chocolate mince pies recipe here.

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Ingredients

  • 150g raisins
  • 150g golden sultanas
  • 100g currants
  • 2 medium apples, unpeeled and coarsely grated
  • 60g flaked almonds
  • 60g soft brown sugar
  • 3ml mixed spice
  • 3ml ground ginger
  • Grated rind and juice of 1 orange
  • Grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
  • 50g butter, melted
  • 60ml brandy
  • 100g good quality dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces (optional)
  • 250g butter
  • 320g flour
  • 4T cocoa powder (unsweetened)
  • 115g icing sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1T iced water
  • A little milk for sealing pastry
  • Egg wash (1 egg lightly whisked with 15ml water)
  • Icing sugar for dusting

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