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Mincemeat puff swirls

It's very handy to have a pack of ready-rolled puff pastry in your fridge or freezer during the winter festivities, as you can make quick & easy nibbles, snacks and treats. These mincemeat puff swirls are a good example. I found the recipe in a Tesco magazine and I happened to have all the ingredients, so I made these little treats for afternoon tea - they are absolutely scrumptious, the best easy baking I've done in a long time - though I did use homemade mincemeat which could have given it the x-factor!
Print Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 15 people
Cuisine: British
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g dried cranberries
  • 100 g pistachios plus extra for garnishing
  • 150 g mincemeat
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 Tbsp honey
  • 1 pack of ready rolled puff pastry

Method
 

  1. Roughly chop the pistachio and dried cranberries, put aside 1 Tbsp of each for garnishing.
  2. Mix the rest with the mincemeat, honey and cinnamon.
  3. Roll out the puff pastry on a lightly-floured surface. Spread the mincemeat evenly all over the pastry, then roll it up tightly like a Swiss roll. Wrap it tightly in clingfilm, then rest in the freezer for 20 minutes.
  4. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Remove the roll from the freezer and cut into 1 cm slices. Place these on a lined baking tray, spaced well apart, as they'll expand. Bake for about 15 minutes until golden.
  5. Sprinkle the swirls with the reserved cranberry and pistachio pieces, leave them to cool.
  6. Dust with icing sugar just before serving.