Mincemeat Walnut Pie Food

APPLE MINCE WALNUT PIE

Steps:

• 1. Combine sugar, flour, spices and salt in bowl. Add apples, mix lightly.
• 2. Add mincemeat and walnuts, mix.
• 3. Heap into pastry lined 9-inch pie pan, dot with butter. Adjust top crust, flute edges, cut vents. Brush top crust with milk, sprinkle with sugar.
• 4. Bake in 425 degree oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until crust is browned and apples are tender. Cool on rack.
• 5. NOTES : Use a combination of cooking apples such as Jonagold, Jonathan, Macintosh, Rome, Newton Pippen, Winesap or Golden Delicious for the best flavor. You can use homemade or commercial mincemeat in this.

FIG AND WALNUT MINCE PIES

Steps:

• To make the mincemeat, put the dried fruit, glacé cherries and walnuts into a bowl. Pour over the alcohol, the ginger and the spices. Stir well and leave to stand for 1-2 hours, stirring from time to time. Add the banana and mix well.
• Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6. Grease a 12-hole jam tart tin with a vegan margarine.
• Roll the pastry out thinly. Using an 8cm circular pastry cutter and a 4cm star-shaped pastry cutter, cut out 12 circles and 12 star shapes.
• Press the circles gently into each section of the tin, then put a heaped teaspoon of mincemeat into each and top with the star shaped pastry.
• Bake for 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
• Cool in the tin for a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack. Serve while still warm, sprinkled with a little caster sugar and a healthy scoop of vanilla flavoured vegan icecream.

MOM'S INFAMOUS MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• Break mincemeat into small pieces and put in saucepan.
• Add diced apples, raisins, water and liquor.
• Boil about 2 minutes; cool.
• When mincemeat mixture is cool, put into pastry lined 9" pie pan; cover with top crust.
• Prick top crust with folk.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 35 minutes or until crust is golden brown.