Nelson’s Co umn
Welcome to Nelson’s Column - recipes to make your mouth water along with tips
on how to eat healthily on a budget. This month you can make Flaky Orange Pastry
Mince Pies with Vanilla Butter...
Servings: 24 - 30
Ingredients:
Method:
Preparation Time: 30 Minutes (10 Minutes For The Vanilla Butter) Cooking Time: 20 Minutes
For The Pastry
For The Vanilla flavour Butter
500G Plain Flour
400G Butter, Softened
200G Icing Sugar
350G Icing Sugar
400G Cold Butter, Diced
1 Tsp Vanilla Paste
500G Mince Meat
1 Egg, Whisked
Juice & Zest, 1 Large Orange
(finely grated)
Pre-Heat the oven to 180°/Gas Mark 5. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour and icing sugar then add the diced butter
and rub the mixture together until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add the orange zest & juice, then bring the mixture together.
Tip the mixture onto a lightly floured surface, knead briefly until smooth and then chill for ½ hour until firm.
Lightly dust the work surface with flour, then roll out the pastry to approximately the thickness of a £1 Coin.
Cut out 24 x 8cm rounds with a fluted cutter, and then lightly press into two 12 hole non-stick muffin tin.
Re-roll the trimmings to the same thickness and cut out 24 x 5cm rounds for the tops.
Spoon about 1-2 tbsps of mincemeat into each base and lightly press on the tops.
Place the mince pies in the fridge to chill for 10 minutes. Whilst the pies are chilling, make the Vanilla Butter.
Put the butter, icing sugar and vanilla paste in a bowl and mix on a low a medium speed for 5 minutes, increasing the
speed to high for another 5 minutes to achieve the light and fluffy texture.
Brush the tops of the mince pies with the egg, and then bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and crisp. Remove the pies from
the oven and cool for a few minutes, then lever out of the tins with a table knife and cool completely on a wire rack.
Either slowly remove the tops from the pies and put 1 tsp of vanilla butter on top then serve or slightly warm the pies and
serve with a quenelle of Vanilla Butter on the side. Dust with icing sugar, then serve.
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