Best Mince Tarts Recipes

EASY CHRISTMAS MINCE TARTS

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.

MINCE TARTS

Steps:

• Pastry: 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. sugar ¼ tsp. salt ½ cup butter, chilled and cut into pieces ¼ cup ice-cold water 2-3 cups mincemeat milk or cream and sugar, for brushing/sprinkling (optional) In a large bowl or the bowl of a food processor, stir together the flour, sugar and salt. Add the butter and use a fork, pastry blender, wire whisk or the "pulse" motion of the food processor to blend the mixture until it resembles coarse meal, with lumps of fat no bigger than a pea. Drizzle the water over the mixture and stir until the dough comes together, adding a little more a bit at a time if you need it. Gather the dough into a ball, flatten it into a disc, wrap it in plastic and let rest 20-30 minutes. To bake the tarts, preheat the oven to 375?F and roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface to about ¼-inch thick. Cut out circles with a cookie cutter or glass rim and press into ungreased muffin tins - regular or mini. Reroll the scraps once and cut out small rounds, stars or other shapes if you want your tarts lidded. Fill each pastry cup with mincemeat and either leave open or lay a cut-out piece of pastry on top. If you like, brush with a little brush with a little milk or cream and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden. Let cool until warm, then run a thin knife around the edge to remove them from the pan. Makes about 1 dozen tarts.