Name: Chocolate and sour cherry mince pies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 200g flour; 150g butter or dairy free margarin; 50g muscovado sugar; 2 Tbsp cocoa powder 1 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 large egg; 12 heaped tsp sour cherry mincemeat

Chocolate and sour cherry mince pies

21 Dec 2021

by Dinna

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Total Time

35 minutes

Background

For these chocolate and sour cherry mince pies I used my sour cherry and pear mincemeat, but you can make them with normal mincemeat mixed with a handful of dried sour cherries, which can be pre-soaked in brandy.

Ingredients

200g flour
150g butter or dairy free margarin
50g muscovado sugar
2 Tbsp cocoa powder 1 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 large egg
12 heaped tsp sour cherry mincemeat

Instructions

Mix the flour, cocoa, butter, sugar and mixed spice in a food processor and process until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs (or you can use your fingers).
Add the egg and vanilla then mix it until you get a dough. Flatten it into a disc, then refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, wrapped in clingfilm.
Preheat oven to 170°C .
Roll out the dough to a thickness of 3mm. Using a 7-8 cm round cutter or cup, stamp out 12 disks. Put these into the holes of bun or scone tin.
Add a spoonful of mincemeat to all cases.
Re-roll the remaining dough, then using a smaller (about a 6cm round cutter), cut out 6 circles. Using star-shaped cutters, cut out stars from the circles.
Put the stars on top of 6 pies, the other cut-out disks on top of the remaining cases. Press the edges together with your fingertips.
Bake for about 20 minutes or until the pies are golden.
Let them cool for 5 minutes, then dust with icing sugar and serve.