Name: Mince pies with custard
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 ready-rolled puff pastry (you can use gluten-free); 100 ml thick Madagascar custard (or home-made custard); 1 egg yolk; 1 tsp Corn-starch (if the custard is not thick enough); Good quality mincemeat

Mince pies with custard

12 Dec 2019

by Dinna

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Total Time

30 minutes

Background

I love baking my own mince pies with my own mincemeat because I can control the ingredients, the sweetness, the booze and so on. It’s actually super easy to make mince pies, particularly with puff pastry. This time I made mince pies with custard, actually more like pastry cream, which I quickly created with some leftover Madagascar custard.

Ingredients

1 ready-rolled puff pastry (you can use gluten-free)
100 ml thick Madagascar custard (or home-made custard)
1 egg yolk
1 tsp Corn-starch (if the custard is not thick enough)
Good quality mincemeat

Instructions

Mix the custard with the egg yolk and corn-starch ( if used) and set aside. The custard should be very thick.
Preheat the oven to 190°C.
Unroll the pastry onto a flat surface.
Using a mug or cookie cutter, which is about a centimetre wider than the holes in a shallow baking tin, cut out rounds. Press them lightly into the tin holes.
Add a spoonful of custard, then top with a spoonful of mincemeat.
Optional: If you want stars on the top, roll out any leftover pastry and, using a small star cutter, stamp out star shapes. Put these on top of the pies (the tip of the stars should meet the edge of the pie)
Put the tin into the preheated oven and bake the mince pies for about 15- 20 minutes, until they’re golden brown.
Transfer them onto a wire rack and let them cool.
Dust the mince pies with icing sugar just before serving.