Mince pies Recipe

Instructions:

1. 1. To make the pastry, sift the flour (reserving 1 tsp for dusting) along with a pinch of salt, into a mixing bowl. Add the butter and gently rub it in with your fingertips, then add cold water until the mixture is wet enough to mix into a ball that leaves the sides of the bowl clean. Chill for 30 minutes.
2. 2. Preheat your oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/gas 5 and lightly spray 32 non-stick muffin-tin holes with low-calorie cooking spray (if you don’t have enough tins, you can make the pies in batches).
3. 3. Sprinkle the reserved flour over a work surface then roll out the pastry thinly. Cut out 32 rounds with a 7½cm fluted cutter and use them to line the prepared muffin tins. Keep the trimmings.
4. 4. Put ½ tbsp mincemeat into each pastry case.
5. 5. Roll out the reserved pastry trimmings and make some stars with a small star cutter. Use these to decorate the tops of the pies.
6. 6. Bake for 15 minutes or until the pastry is crisp and lightly coloured, then leave to cool on a wire rack. Dust with the icing sugar to serve