Mince Pies
These mince pies are delicious and an alternative to the very sugary versions you find in the shops. The base is ground almonds providing protein, slowing down the absorption of sugars into the bloodstream and avoiding a sugar spike!
Ingredients
Pastry
- 210g almonds
- 1 egg + some for glazing top of pies
- 30g honey
- 30g melted butter
Filling
- 180g apples cubed
- 80g dried cranberries
- 80g rasins
- zest and juice of 1 large orange
- 200ml hot water
- 1tspn ground cinnamon
Method
- Put all filling ingredients in a saucepan and simmer until ingredients all broken down. Add additional water if necessary
- Meanwhile mix all pastry ingredients together, make into dough, roll out and cut into rounds for base and stars for top. Make sure you roll the dough thin enough - if it is too thick it won't cook through enough and you will have a soggy base!
- Place bases in greased muffin tins, add filling and finish with star top
- Glaze stars with beaten egg
- Bake in oven at 170C for 10 minutes until golden
