Autumn 2024

Almond Crumble Mince Pies

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Ingredients

New Maldon Sea Salt Flakes packaging green SEA SALT FLAKES 250g

400g jar mince meat

Pastry:

240g plain flour

25g ground almonds

125g butter, chilled and cubed

60ml ice cold water

Zest of an orange

Pinch of Maldon Salt

Crumble:

100g flour

80g sugar

130g butter, chilled and cubed

50g ground almonds

Pinch of Maldon Salt

70g marzipan, chopped into small pieces

Preparation

This recipe was created by Isobel Keane.

  1. Preheat oven to 180c degrees. Grease 2 x 24-hole mini muffin tins.
  2. Make pastry by blitzing together flour, ground almonds, butter, Maldon Salt, orange zest and water. Blitz for 20 seconds until pastry forms a ball. Leave to chill in fridge while you make your crumble.
  3. Make crumble by pulsing together flour, sugar, Maldon Salt, ground almonds and butter. Once the mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
  4. Mix marzipan into crumble mixture.
  5. Roll out pastry to a pound’s thickness and use a cookie cutter to cut out circles. Press into mini muffin tin.
  6. Scoop a teaspoon of mince meat into each pastry case. Evenly top pies with crumble mixture.
  7. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, until golden brown.
  8. Allow to cool for 10 minutes. Serve with icing sugar and clotted cream or brandy butter.
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