Making Fruit Mince Pies

Rob and his mum used to make fruit mince pies when Rob was still a young 'un, and for the past few Christmases, he's been quite keen for me to experience fruit mince pie making with his mum. So we made plans with his mum this year to make fruit mince pies, and off we went to get the jar of fruit mince.

The pastry was made using Rob's grandma's recipe. There's flour, butter, sugar, egg all mixed into a dough and rolled out.



Circular shapes big enough to line the little aluminium foil patty pans were cut out for the pie base, and smaller circles were cut out for the pie tops. The fruit mince were spooned onto the pastry base and egg white was brushed on the edges to seal the pastry top onto the base. The top of the pies were then brushed with egg whites to allow browning while baking.



Pop in the oven (180degC) until the pastry looks done, take it out and cool.



If you wish, you can dust the pies with icing sugar, and eat when the
pie has cooled.





The verdict? Really yummy :)