Christmas Pies

Their original name is "mince pies" and they are a traditional English Christmas dish dating back to the mid-15th century. The filling was once made from minced meat, but during the Victorian era, it was replaced with a sweet fruit filling, as Victorians were not big fans of meat.

Details

  • Preparation Time: 50 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 25 minutes
  • Difficulty: 2
  • Spiciness: 0
  • Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

coating

  • 0.5 dl Milk, whole milk

dough

  • 55 g Butter, unsalted

  • 55 g Lard

  • 220 g Flour, Wheat, bread flour

filling

  • 200 g Marmalade, orange

sprinkle

  • 1 spoon Powdered sugar

Steps

  1. Cut the butter and lard into pieces. Sift the flour into a bowl and add the chopped fat. Gently rub the fat into the flour with your fingers. While working, lift the mixture with your hands and let it fall back into the bowl. This will help trap more air in the dough. Prepare the mixture for 2 to 3 minutes. It should form larger and smaller crumbs.

  2. Add 3 tablespoons of water. Use a knife to "cut" the dough so that the water is evenly distributed among the crumbs. Then knead the dough with your hands. If it is too dry, add another half tablespoon of water. Shape the kneaded dough into a ball, then wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for half an hour.

  3. Lightly flour the work surface and roll out the dough to 3 mm thickness. Turn the dough while rolling to prevent it from sticking to the surface.

  4. Preheat the oven to 200 °C. Using two different-sized round cutters, cut out 12 circles from the dough; 6 larger ones for the base and 6 smaller ones for the pie lids. The circles used for the base should be slightly larger than the muffin tin cavities. From the center of the circles used for the lids, cut out stars using a small cookie cutter.

  5. Line 6 muffin tin cavities with the larger circles. Place 1 heaped tablespoon of filling into each cavity. Brush the edges of the dough with milk, then cover the pies with the smaller circles.

  6. Press the edges of the dough lids against the base dough to prevent the pies from opening during baking. Brush the pies with milk.

  7. Bake the pies in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove the baked pies from the oven and let them cool slightly. Then carefully remove them from the cavities and lightly dust with powdered sugar. Serve warm or cold.

Nutrition Information (Per 100g)

  • Calories: 410.53 kcal
  • Fat: 19.05 g
    • Saturated Fat: 9.24 g
  • Carbohydrates: 54.71 g
    • Sugars: 22.64 g
  • Protein: 4.53 g
  • Fiber: 0.75 g

Advice

Optionally, you can lightly salt the dough. Instead of lard, you can use butter or margarine.