Name: Filo mincemeat rolls
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 onion; 1 thumb size piece of fresh ginger; 400g carrots; 1 cup red lentils, about 25; 1 tsp mixed spice; 1 litre vegetable stock; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 star anise

Filo mincemeat rolls

21 Dec 2022

by Dinna

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Total Time

20 minutes

Background

These filo mincemeat rolls are an easy way to use up leftover mincemeat for New Year’s Eve party or and interesting version of mince pies during advent. Serve them with mulled wine, alternatively serve them with custard as pudding. This recipe can easily be vegan - just make sure you are using plant-based margarine and the mincemeat is vegan too. Try to use home-made mincemeat, its very easy to make some - see mincemeat recipes>>

Ingredients

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 onion
1 thumb size piece of fresh ginger
400g carrots
1 cup red lentils, about 25
1 tsp mixed spice
1 litre vegetable stock
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Peel, core then dice the apple into very small pieces (or grate it with a coarse cheese-grater).
Mix the mincemeat and apple. Add a spoonful of brandy if the mincemeat is not boozy.
Lay one sheet of filo pastry on top of a cold work surface and brush it with the melted butter.
Lay another sheet on top, then cut this into four equal sized rectangles.
Spoon some mincemeat mixture along one side of each square, then fold in the ends and roll them up tightly. Place them on the baking tray.
Repeat with the remaining 2 sheets of filo.
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden.
Let them cool a bit, then dust them the cinnamon mixed with icing sugar.