Mince Pies
Ingredients
Directions
The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure. The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.
Prepare
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Butter some patty pans well.
Roll out the puff pastry thinly and line the patty pans.
Fill and seal
Fill each with about 2 tablespoons of mincemeat.
Moisten the edges with water, close carefully with remaining pastry, and trim.
Make a small hole in the center of each pie.
Bake
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, covering with paper if they brown too quickly.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Puff pastry
- Forms the flaky, crisp shell that holds the filling.
- Mincemeat
- Provides the sweet, spiced filling that fills each pie.
The step that matters
Moisten the edges with water and seal carefully. Wet edges help the pastry lids bond to the bases. If the seal is weak, filling can leak out during baking and the pies can open or dry out.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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