Mince Pies
Our last class for 2012: Flavours of Christmas
7.00-10.00pm, Wednesday 19th December
Central Street, London EC1V
With December just round the corner it’s time to get started on the Christmas cooking. Nothing beats a home-made mince pie, fresh from the oven, so here is our favourite.
(Almost totally) Home-made Mince Pies
Makes around 20
Ingredients
250g plain flour
200g unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and at room temperature
100g icing sugar, sifter
pinch of salt
2 egg yolks
2 jars of the best mincemeat you can get (or try making your own using this recipe)
Method
For the pastry, blend the flour, butter, sugar and salt together in a food processor until the butter is the consistency of sand. Add the egg yolks and pulse until the mixture comes together. Tip onto a work surface wrap in clingfilm and store in the fridge for minimum 20 minutes, and at most for a week.
Preheat the oven to 180C. Knead the pastry a few times, and roll on a well-floured work surface to 3mm thickness. Cut circles slightly wider than a muffin tin hole, and ease each one gently into the tin. Cut star shapes with the remaining pastry.
Fill each pastry case with a spoon of mincemeat, place a star on top and press the edges gently to attach to the pastry case.
Bake for 10 minutes or until the pastry is light golden brown. Sprinkle with sugar and return to the oven to glaze for 1 minute, or simply dust with icing sugar.
Leave to cool slightly on a wire rack, and serve warm with some mulled wine.
And remember you can get a further taste of the festive season with our last class for 2012: Flavours of Christmas on 19th December.
If you book by 5th December you’ll get the earlybird price of just £49!
We’ll be making mulled wine and hot apple cider, canapés including rosemary and Parmesan crisps and spiced candied nuts.
We’ll then make a festive meal of hearty Spanish chicken stew and lemon rice, perfect for cooking for a crowd, and we’ll finish with homemade cardamom and pistachio biscotti, which you can take a few home as a delicious Christmas gift.
Book your ticket here.
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