Mincemeat Tartlets Recipes

Steps:

• Mix the flour, salt and sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add the butter and mix until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Slowly add the milk, using just enough so the dough can be gathered into a ball. The dough can also be mixed by hand.
• Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead very briefly. Form into a flat round, wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Roll out the dough and cut it to line 12 to 14 three-inch-round tartlet forms. Line each pastry-filled tartlet form with foil and weight down with dried beans or pie weights. Place in the oven and bake eight to 10 minutes, until the dough looks dry.
• Drain the mincemeat, mix with apples and fill the tartlet shells, still in their pans, with the mincemeat mixture.
• Place the tartlet forms on a baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake until bubbling, about 25 minutes. Allow to cool before serving.

Steps:

• Quarter and core the apple.
• Grate the apple without peeling.
• Add the grated apple and brandy to the fruit mincemeat.
• Cut out 36 circles from the shortcrust pastry to line the tray.
• Add a teaspoon of the fruit mixture to each tart.
• Cut out 36 Christmas shapes from the puff pastry. I have star, heart, tree and bell shapes that I use for this recipe.
• Put a puff pastry shape on top of each tart.
• Mix together the golden syrup and water and use it to brush each puff pastry. This browns the puff pastry.
• Bake for 15 minutes in an oven set to 200°C.
• Serve warm with whipped cream or icecream or cool on a rack and dust with icing sugar.