Mincemeat Pie. This pie has no meat in it (it's a 'mock' mincemeat pie). It doesn't use mincemeat mixes or prepared pie crusts. It's homemade, like ma (or grandma) used to make.

Grate the cold butter on the large side of a box grater directly into the dry ingredients. According to The Christmas Encyclopedia, mincemeat pie — also commonly referred to as mince pie or Christmas pie — originated in medieval England. After knights returning from the Crusades came back with spices in-tow, they became common ingredients of the dish along with minced bits of meat (from a range of animals), suet, apples, sugar, raisins, and molasses. You can have Mincemeat Pie using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mincemeat Pie

Prepare of Stuffings.
You need 1 can of Jam.
Prepare 16 of Rasberries.
Prepare of Pastry.
Prepare 375 grams of Plain Flour.
You need 260 grams of butter.
You need 125 grams of Caster Sugar.
Prepare 1 cup of Milk (add more if needed).
Prepare of Icing Sugar.

Mincemeat is a mixture of currants, raisins, sugar, apples, candied citrus peel, spices. Paired with apples and brandy in this recipe, it's a delicious holiday dessert pie. An old-fashioned mincemeat pie filling made with beef, dried fruit, and sour cherries. Mincemeat or mince pie is a British delicacy for the holiday season that traces back to the kings and queens of the Middle Ages, or even earlier.

Mincemeat Pie instructions

Place the flour and Sugar in a bowl and mix.
Take the butter and chop it roughly into cubes.
Add the butter to the flour and sugar and rub together using your fingertips until you find it to be in a crumbly consistancy..
Now add the milk and mix together until it looks fairly like a dough..
Tip it out on a lightly floured surface and mix until it all comes together.
Preheat the oven @ 200-220°C or @ gas 7..
Using a Round cutter(around 10cm), cut 16 bases and spread them out in a muffin tray.
Fill the base 3/4 of jam and put a berry on top :).
Re-roll the pastry and cut out 7cm lids, then press the sides of the base and the lid together to seal..
Mark an X on top of the pies and Bake them for 15-20 mins or until golden brown..
Leave them to cool down for about 2-5 mins before taking them out of thier trays or else they'll fall apart..
Sprinkle with icing sugar, Serve and Enjoy!.

The recipe was developed as a way to preserve meat, such as mutton or beef, without salt or smoke. A mince pie (also mincemeat pie in New England, and fruit mince pie in Australia and New Zealand) is a sweet pie of English origin, filled with a mixture of dried fruits and spices called "mincemeat", that is traditionally served during the Christmas season in much of the English-speaking world. The filling for the mince pies typically uses suet, which is an animal fat. If you don't eat meat, look for a vegetarian version or make mincemeat using an alternative fat such as cold butter or shortening. Shortcrust pastry (used in this recipe) is a traditional mince pie case, but some like puff pastry.