Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, almond crumble mince pies. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Pie , Recipe , Crumble , Almond , Mince. For the crumble topping, rub the butter into the flour until crumb like. Stir in golden caster sugar and pile on top of half of the uncooked mince pies.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have almond crumble mince pies using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Almond Crumble Mince Pies:
- Get 300 g plain flour
- Take 175 g butter (usually pastry is half fat to flour but I use extra for added buttery crispness)
- Get 2 tbsp caster sugar
- Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Get 1 egg yolk
- Prepare Last-minute Christmas mincemeat https://cookpad.com/uk/recipes/480570-last-minute-christmas-mincemeat?ref=recipe
- Take For the streusel topping:
- Prepare 100 g plain flour
- Make ready 60 g butter, at room temperature
- Prepare 50 g demerara sugar
- Get 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Prepare 50 g flaked almonds
For the crumble topping, rub the butter into the flour until crumb like. Stir in golden caster sugar and pile on top of half of the uncooked mince pies. These mince pies benefit from a boozy mincemeat filling - a little whisky is added to regular mincemeat for good measure. The vanilla almond topping is a tasty change from pastry, and might we say easier, too!
Steps to make Almond Crumble Mince Pies:
- Put the flour, butter and cinnamon in a food processor and gradually pulse until you have a mixture the texture of fine breadcrumbs. You can also do this by hand using your finger tips to rub the butter into the flour.
- Add the sugar and egg yolk, and about 2 tbsp water. Pulse until the dough starts to form.
- When the pastry looks like this, tip it out onto a floured surface and use your hands to gently bring together into a ball. Flatten, wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.
- For the streusel topping, place the flour, butter, sugar and cinnamon in a food processor and pulse to fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the flaked almonds.
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Roll out the chilled pastry and cut out circles of dough big enough to line bun tins, there was enough pastry to make 24, but I had one deep set of tins and one shallow set.
- Half fill the shells with mincemeat, then sprinkle the streusel mixture over to cover. Sprinkle a few slivered almonds on the top of each and then bake in the oven for about 20 to 25 minutes until golden.
- Allow to sit in the tins for about 5 to 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire tray. Serve warm, dusted with icing sugar and topped with a spoonful of brandy cream.
Find this mince pie recipe and loads more on Allrecipes.co.uk. This, in all my years of cooking, is my favourite crumble topping and any leftover mincemeat mixed with apples is a great filling. This recipe is from Delia's Christmas Easy Magazine Next, add the almonds and process again, not too fast, until they are fairly finely chopped and there are still a few chunky bits. Crumble-Topped Minced Pies: The addition of orange zest to the pastry helps add freshness. Once cool, store pies in an airtight container for up to XX days.
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