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Amaretto mince pies

Recipe by Sarah Akhurst

A deliciously grown-up mince pie with all the flavours of a Christmas


Amaretto Sour cocktail
MAKES: 12 PREP TIME: 30 MINS
TOTAL TIME: 45 MINS, PLUS MAKING PASTRY AND COOLING

Nutritional information (Mince pie)


Recipe photograph by
Andrew Burton Calories Fat Saturates Carbs Sugars Fibre Protein Salt

315Kcal 10gr 6gr 51gr 35gr 1gr 3gr 0.2gr

Sarah Akhurst
Our Food Director Sarah is a food obsessive, and spends most of her time scoping
out the latest food trends, experimenting in her own kitchen, or making her family
wait to eat while she photographs every dinner she makes for the 'gram! A complete
Middle Eastern food junkie, she is never far from a good shawarma marinade, a
pinch of Aleppo chilli or a sprig of dill

Ingredients Step by step


GET AHEAD
1 quantity of basic pastry
(see link in Step 1 or The pastry keeps in the fridge for up to 3 days, or can be
readymade shortcrust frozen.
pastry

2 tbsp amaretto 1 For this recipe, you can use our basic pastry recipe - find it by
clicking here - or readymade shortcrust.
1 x 411g jar of mincemeat
- use vegetarian Preheat the oven to 190°C, fan 170°C, gas 5. Roll out the pastry on
mincemeat if required
a lightly floured worksurface and cut out 12 x 9cm circles. Line
120g caster sugar the holes of a deep muffin tin with the pastry, carefully pressing
the pastry into each hole. Stir the amaretto liqueur through the
1½ tbsp lemon juice mincemeat and fill each hole with 1 heaped tablespoon. Bake in
the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until golden and crisp. Leave to
2 egg whites
cool and remove from the tin.
12 cocktail cherries,
optional
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2 Meanwhile, for the meringue, put the sugar, lemon juice and 2
tablespoons of water in a pan. Heat gently until the sugar has
dissolved then bring to a simmer until the temperature reaches
120°C on a sugar thermometer. While the sugar is coming to
temperature, start whipping the egg whites until they are foamy.

3 When the sugar reaches 120°C, take the pan off the heat and
slowly drizzle the hot sugar syrup into the egg white while you
continue whisking. Continue whisking on a high speed until the
meringue has completely cooled.

4 Put the meringue in a piping bag with a wide plain nozzle and
pipe a swirl of meringue on top of each pie. Toast the meringue
with a blow torch, or under a hot grill for 2 minutes. Decorate

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