Puff Pastry

  • 10 oz Plain Flour
  • 4 oz Lard
  • 4 oz Butter
  • (No Salt)

Add the butter and half the lard to the flour, cut up finely with a rocker or rub in roughly, add water to bring together in the bowl.

Using the rest of the lard, roll the pastry in flaky pastry method, 3 times roll one extra time.

Rest in fridge for up to 24 hours.

 

Mince Pie Filling

  • Mincemeat
  • Milk for brushing
  • Caster Sugar to sprinkle

Preheat oven to 200 c gas 6

Roll out the pastry quite thinly, cut out with small and medium cutters. The same number of each, make up the pies in a bun tin brush with milk and make a hole in the lid.

Bake for 15 – 20 minutes.