Mince Pies de Luxe

Name: Mince Pies de Luxe
Yield: For 24 mince pies
Ingredients: caster or icing sugar for dusting; a spot of milk; 2 oz (50 g) caster sugar; 8 oz (200 g) full cream cheese; 1-1¼ lb (400-500 g) mincemeat; 1 lb (400 g) orange pastry

Preparation info

For
24
mince pies

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Cooking for Christmas

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1978

About

Mince pies can be rather dry but here the mixture of the spicy mincemeat with smooth cream cheese makes them a real luxury.

Ingredients

8 oz (200 g) full cream cheese
2 oz (50

Pastry
Pie
Gluten-free
December
Christmas

Method

First put the cream cheese and the 2 oz caster sugar into a bowl and beat until smooth. Knead the pastry lightly and roll out rather more thickly than usual. Using a 3 in. (

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