Recipe: Appetizing Almond Crumble Mince Pies

Almond Crumble Mince Pies. Delicious little pies that combine an orange short crust pastry base with mincemeat filling and an almond crumble topping. Serve these warm with whipped cream or brandy butter. This recipe can be made in to one large pie - but I still prefer the dainty individual mini pies!

Well yesterday was it for me. These had been on my mind since I picked up this book on Tuesday in Costco. Very quick and easy to make. You can cook Almond Crumble Mince Pies using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Almond Crumble Mince Pies

1. It's 300 g of plain flour.
2. You need 175 g of butter (usually pastry is half fat to flour but I use extra for added buttery crispness).
3. Prepare 2 tbsp of caster sugar.
4. It's 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
5. You need 1 of egg yolk.
6. You need of Last-minute Christmas mincemeat https://cookpad.com/uk/recipes/480570-last-minute-christmas-mincemeat?ref=recipe.
7. Prepare of For the streusel topping:.
8. It's 100 g of plain flour.
9. You need 60 g of butter, at room temperature.
10. It's 50 g of demerara sugar.
11. It's 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
12. Prepare 50 g of flaked almonds.

Great recipe for Almond Crumble Mince Pies. These mince pies are slightly more complicated than usual but because they have a crumble topping are actually easier to construct. The combination of sweet crisp pastry, rum soaked mincemeat (see separate recipe) and buttery, almondy topping is really. Making almond pastry mince pies ahead and freezing advice.

Almond Crumble Mince Pies step by step

1. Put the flour, butter and cinnamon in a food processor and gradually pulse until you have a mixture the texture of fine breadcrumbs. You can also do this by hand using your finger tips to rub the butter into the flour..
2. Add the sugar and egg yolk, and about 2 tbsp water. Pulse until the dough starts to form..
3. When the pastry looks like this, tip it out onto a floured surface and use your hands to gently bring together into a ball. Flatten, wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least 20 minutes..
4. For the streusel topping, place the flour, butter, sugar and cinnamon in a food processor and pulse to fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the flaked almonds..
5. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Roll out the chilled pastry and cut out circles of dough big enough to line bun tins, there was enough pastry to make 24, but I had one deep set of tins and one shallow set..
6. Half fill the shells with mincemeat, then sprinkle the streusel mixture over to cover. Sprinkle a few slivered almonds on the top of each and then bake in the oven for about 20 to 25 minutes until golden..
7. Allow to sit in the tins for about 5 to 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire tray. Serve warm, dusted with icing sugar and topped with a spoonful of brandy cream..

My almond pastry mince pies are perfect Christmas treats to make ahead. You can freeze them unbaked in their tray and covered tightly with clingfilm and some aluminium foil. For the topping, beat together the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon, then add the flour, ground almonds, eggs, almond extract and a pinch of salt, and beat until smooth. Top each with crumble mixture and brush lightly with milk. Press into the holes of the tart tins over the baking paper.