♬ 'The Best Of BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge' by Various Artists
On video - 'Halo' by Florence & The Machine
Well well another GREAT video might I add, really pleased with this one, I hope you like it as much as I do.
Here is a recipe for short crust pastry:
From BBC Good Food. Everywhere else online and in my cook books were getting way too technical. This one is clear, simple and not fussy.
350g organic plain flour
225g cold unsalted butter
Jar of mincemeat
2-3tbsp water
100g caster sugar
Method:
: Preheat oven 170°c.
: Rub all the butter into the flour.
: Mix in sugar and a pinch of fine sea salt.
: Add a tablespoon of water at a time until you form a dough. At this point I tipped everything out on a table and started working into the dough.
: Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes then take out and grab small handfuls and roll out into circles, making sure you don't roll too thin.
: Cut down the middle of one circle and spoon mincemeat in one corner, pinch to seal and form a triangle. Brush with egg or milk if you want a golden look.
: Place on greaseproof paper and bake for 30 minutes, leave to cool until hard to touch. If some have opened or leaked out the sides during baking - don't stress. Try again. The first two I made opened and I rolled the pastry out too thin, I gave it a second shot and they turned out amazing.
I only made five and had loads of pastry left over, so I put that back in the fridge for more experimenting. I might be bragging on about glorified pastry in a triangle shape, but they sound and look fun! Also so much better to hold these than an actual mince pie, imagine dipping one of these in custard..yummy.
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