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Mince pie pops recipe

Mince pie pops recipe

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Created by The Tesco Real Food team

These mince pie pops are almost too cute to eat – almost! Great for a baking project with the kids or a festive party food platter, they're simple to make and fun to eat. Bake and freeze a batch, ready for when you need them. See method

Ingredients

  • 125g mincemeat
  • 25g marzipan, cut into small pieces
  • 320g pack ready-rolled shortcrust pastry
  • 1 egg, beaten with 2 tsp cold water
  • icing sugar (optional)
  • 10 cake pop sticks
If using a jar of mincemeat, stir in the zest of ½ orange, 1 finely chopped ball of stem ginger and 1 tsp syrup from the jar for extra flavour

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    760kj
    182kcal     9%

  • Fat

    8g 12%

  • Saturates

    3g 15%

  • Sugars

    9g 10%

  • Salt

    0.2g 2%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 23.6g Protein 3.1g Fibre 1g

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C. Mix the mincemeat and marzipan in a bowl and set aside.
  2. Unroll the pastry on its paper. Use cutters to stamp out 10 x 5.5cm and 10 x 6cm circles of pastry. Cut a small hole, star or cross in the centre of the larger circles. To make star shapes, use 6.5cm and 7cm star cutters instead.
  3. Spoon a heaped tsp of the mincemeat on each of the smaller pastry shapes. Brush around it with the beaten egg, then top with the larger pastry shapes and press down to seal. Use a fork or icing nozzle to decorate the edges.
  4. Transfer to a lined baking sheet, brush with more egg; chill for at least 10 mins. Bake for 20-25 mins until golden and crisp. Cool for 10 mins, dust with icing sugar, then insert a cake pop stick.

Freezing and defrosting guidelines

In order to enjoy optimum flavour and quality, frozen items are best used within 3 months of their freezing date. For more tips on freezing and defrosting food, read our article Love Your Freezer.

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