Mincemeat Tart Recipe

December 25, 2023

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This Christmas mincemeat tart is completely buttery, crumbly and crisp, and crammed with dreamily plump and fruity spiced mincemeat filling.

The tart will be made in a quiche or flan tin, and with the beautiful ornamental pastry stars on high, will make for an ideal centrepiece to your festive celebrations.

Making the pastry for this tart is extremely straightforward. All you may want is butter, flour, egg, water and a contact of sugar.

And the perfect factor is which you could make this pastry in your meals processor, making it fast as a flash. However worry not if you do not have one. You possibly can rub the flour and butter collectively by hand and lower within the liquid with a cutlery knife, if you happen to choose.

As soon as the pastry is made, I’ve taken a set of step-by-step images to point out you precisely find out how to line your tin completely.

You may then discover ways to blind bake your pastry case to make sure a superbly crisp pastry all the way in which to the centre – no soggy backside!

For this recipe, I’ve used retailer purchased mincemeat – one giant jar ought to do the trick – however if you happen to are inclined to make your personal right now of yr, this tart is a wonderful option to present it off!

Able to make this beautiful, straightforward mincemeat tart?

Learn on for the total recipe with detailed directions and a useful {photograph} for each step. And you probably have any questions, simply depart me a remark. Take pleasure in!

Components

Makes 12 slices

250 g plain flour
140 g salted butter very chilly, lower into small cubes
40 g caster sugar
Pinch salt
1 medium free vary egg
25 ml chilly water
600 g mincemeat

Step-By-Step Directions

Make the pastry

Separate the egg white and yolk. Add 25ml chilly water to the yolk and whisk till clean.

Put the flour, butter, sugar and salt within the meals processor. Or if doing this by hand, add to a big bowl.

Pulse the meals processor – or, if doing this by hand, rub collectively evenly between your fingers – till you’ve gotten an excellent, barely yellow crumb that resembles breadcrumbs or floor almonds.

Add the egg yolk and water combination.

Pulse once more very briefly – or combine with a cutlery knife – till the pastry begins to clump.

Take away the pastry from the meals processor / bowl and collect right into a ball.

Place on clingfilm and canopy with one other piece, then press out together with your hand right into a disc about 1-1.5cm thick (½ inch). Wrap and place within the fridge to relax till agency however versatile.

Line the pastry case

When chilled to very agency, unwrap and roll out to about 3mm (simply under1/8 Inch) thick – the disc will about 30cm (12 inches) broad.

Use the pastry to line your tart case, rigorously lifting and pushing the pastry in order that it sits flush within the corners with no gaps for air.

Use your rolling pin to trim away the surplus pastry.

Place the tin again into the fridge till arduous.

Make the decorations

Whereas the pastry case is chilling, collect the remaining pastry and roll out thinly. Reduce out a set of stars that can be used to embellish the highest of your tart.

Preheat the oven to 200C (180C fan).

Scrunch up a big piece of greaseproof paper (baking parchment) and use it to line the pastry case, then fill with baking beans, making certain that the perimeters are supported all the way in which spherical.

Place the tart on a baking sheet and place within the oven to bake for 20 minutes. Take away from the oven, spoon out the baking beans and take away the paper.

Return the tart to the oven for an additional 10-Quarter-hour till the bottom is sandy with no grey patches.

Whereas the pastry continues to be scorching, if you happen to like you possibly can brush the bottom and sides (however not the highest) with the reserved egg white. This can guarantee it doesn’t change into soggy.

Fill and bake your mincemeat tart

Spoon the mincemeat into the case and stage off.

Prime with the pastry stars.

Brush the tops of the with the egg white.

Return the tart to the oven and bake about 20 minutes till gently golden. Hold an in depth eye on it within the ultimate 10 minutes.

Enable to agency up within the tin for 10 minutes, after which gently launch from the tin and switch to a wire rack to chill fully.

Slice with a pointy knife and serve!

Take pleasure in!

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