Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, the most amazing mince pies ever from auntie marion. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mince pies with homemade mincemeat and pastry. Add a grating of orange zest to your pastry for a unique flavour. Grease a bun tin or muffin tin, depending on how deep you like your mince pies. Unwrap the pastry and roll out on a lightly floured work surface to the thickness of a one pound coin.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have the most amazing mince pies ever from auntie marion using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make The Most Amazing Mince Pies Ever from Auntie Marion:

1. Make ready 8 oz SF Flour
2. Prepare 2 tsp Icing Sugar
3. Make ready 2 pinch Sea Salt
4. Get 2 oz Butter
5. Get 2 oz Lard/Trex
6. Make ready 3 tbsp Ice cold water
7. Get 2 can Mincemeat
8. Take 2 tbsp Brandy
9. Make ready 1 Egg yolk beaten with two tsp of water
10. Take 1 Egg yolk
11. Make ready 2 tbsp Castor sugar

They are made from minced fruit not meat. Mince pies should traditionally have a star on top, to represent the Christmas Star which some believe led the shepherds and Magi to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. She's made enough to last the whole Christmas season and will be using it to make some mince pies today. You can store your mincemeat in sterilised jars, or create some mince pies just like Mrs Crocombe.

Instructions to make The Most Amazing Mince Pies Ever from Auntie Marion:

1. Rub the flour, sugar, salt & both fats together in a large bowl. You can use a food processor if you prefer.
2. Add the water in dribbles & bring the pastry together with a flat knife.
3. With your hands, make the pastry into a ball and wrap it in cling film. Put it in the fridge for half an hour to chill. Set the oven to gas mark 5/190C/375F.
4. Divide pastry into three quarters & a quater. Roll out the bigger piece of pastry & line a 12 hole bun tin (remember to grease & dust with icing sugar). Roll to the thickness of a coin.
5. Put the mincemeat into a jar & stir in the brandy. Mix well, put half a tablespoon into each pie.
6. Roll out the remaining pastry, to the same thickness. Mix the egg yolk with 2 teaspoons of water. Save the egg white.
7. Brush the egg white round the edges of the pies and put on the pie lids, this will seal the pies.
8. Brush the tops of the pies with the egg yolks & make a little slit in each one with a knife. Sprinkle eith Castor sugar & put in the oven.
9. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown, take out of the oven & transfer to a wire rack. Sprinkle with icing sugar & enjoy!!!

She's made enough to last the whole Christmas season and will be using it to make some mince pies today. You can store your mincemeat in sterilised jars, or create some mince pies just like Mrs Crocombe. Early mince pies were much bigger than modern treats - and had a sweet and savoury meat-based filling (Credit: Alamy). But seemingly insignificant things matter, and matter more this year than any I can ever remember. Cooking has given us structure, baking bread or boiling potatoes has helped us put one foot in front of the other.

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