Name: Sweet Petite Mince Tarts recipe
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 200 g mixed fruit chopped; 2 tbs golden syrup; 1 tsp lemon rind, finely grated; 1 tsp mixed spice; 1/4 cup brandy; 1/2 cup almond meal; 2 cup plain flour; 1/2 cup caster sugar; 200 g unsalted butter chilled diced; 1 egg lightly beaten; 1 tbs water lightly beaten; 25 g icing sugar *to serve

by Sunbeam Foods Last updated on 07/10/2019

The best thing about Christmas: mince tarts! Better get in quick before these little morsels are whipped up by guests. - Sunbeam Foods

Ingredients

Fruit mince

200 g Sunbeam mixed fruit chopped
2 tbs golden syrup
1 tsp lemon rind, finely grated
1 tsp mixed spice
1/4 cup brandy

Pastry

1/2 cup Sunbeam almond meal
2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup caster sugar
200 g unsalted butter chilled diced
1 egg lightly beaten
1 tbs water lightly beaten
25 g icing sugar *to serve

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180ºC
Step 2

Place all fruit mince ingredients in a saucepan. Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Allow to cool.
Step 3

Place almond meal, flour and sugar into a food processor and process until combined. Add butter and egg mixture and process until a ball forms. Wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Step 4

Roll out pastry between two sheets of baking paper until 3mm thick. Use a round 6cm-diameter pastry cutter to cut 24 circles from the pastry. Line the base of 24-hole non-stick mini muffin pan (or use two 12-hole pans). Fill cases with fruit mince.
Step 5

Re-roll pastry and use a 4cm-diameter fluted pastry cutter to cut 24 circles for the lids. Brush the underside of lid lightly with water before gently pressing onto pie. Cut a small cross in the middle of each lid.
Step 6

Bake for 15 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool and dust with icing sugar before serving. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.