Shortcrust Pastry Tartlet Mince Pies

Name: Shortcrust Pastry Tartlet Mince Pies
Total time: 3300 s
Yield: 4 People
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 340 g Shortcrust Frozen Pastry; 8 tbsp. Sweet Mincemeat; 1 egg beaten too glaze raw pastry; 4 tsp. Granulated Sugar

Gary Waite @cook_20376404

I did cheat - used Shop bought frozen Pastry and the sweet mincemeat came out of a Shop bought jar of sweet mincemeat.Already made Shop bought Mince Pies are not usually the size of tartlets and I baked with pastry tops on.

Gary Waite @cook_20376404

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Ingredients

55 minutes

4 People

340 gShortcrust Frozen Pastry
8 tbsp.Sweet Mincemeat
1egg beaten too glaze raw pastry
4 tsp.Granulated Sugar

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Steps

55 minutes

1

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 7. Divide the defrosted Pastry into Two equal pieces and then roll out the One half between 2 Pieces of Kitchen Paper,or Kitchen Foil will a Rolling Pin. Cut a cross in the rolled out Pastry so you have 4 identical squares.
2

Damp Kitchen Roll with Vegetable Oil and then grease the 4 - Professional Baking Tartlet Trays with pull out from the bottom round metal discs - yes - grease both and then work the rolled out Pastry into each One.Add 2 tablespoons of mincemeat too each tartlet.Roll out the other half of the Pastry and then use a round Pastry Cutter to make 4 discs,use leftover Pastry around the edges - baste,add a tsp. of sugar too each,then make a hole in each top.
3

Bake them on a Baking Tray,add Kitchen Foil over the top and then bake for 40 minutes at Gas Mark 7.Once the 40 minutes is up - then take the foil off and then bake on for a further 15 minutes at Gas Mark 7 should be done then and then allow to cool for 20 minutes,before pushing the cooked Tartlets onto a wire cooling rack.Enjoy freshly baked after 30 minutes of cooling on the wire cake rack - or store away from mice for eating later.