Pink Lady Apple and Mincemeat Tarts
"These are Christmas classics"
Ingredients
- 1 x 375g pack of ready rolled shortcrust pastry
- 200g vegetarian mincemeat
- 1 Pink Lady Apple, cored and finely diced
- 25g dried cranberries
- icing sugar, to decorate
Method
- 1
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Unroll the pastry onto a clean board. Using a 7cm cutter stamp out 12 circles and use to line a bun tin. Put in the fridge for 30 minutes. Reserve the pastry trimmings.
- 2
Meanwhile, in a bowl, mix together the mincemeat, and dried cranberries. Spoon a little of the apple mincemeat into each pastry case.
- 3
Using the pastry trimmings stamp out 12 small star or heart shapes. Put a star or heart on the top of each mincemeat tart. Bake in the oven for 15- 20 minutes until lightly golden and cooked.
- 4
Leave to cool for five minutes then transfer to a wire rack and dust with icing sugar. Serve warm or cold.
Pink Lady Apple and Mincemeat Tarts was taken from 72 of COOK VEGETARIAN
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- 1 x 375g pack of ready rolled shortcrust pastry
- 200g vegetarian mincemeat
- 1 Pink Lady Apple, cored and finely diced
- 25g dried cranberries
- icing sugar, to decorate
- 1
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Unroll the pastry onto a clean board. Using a 7cm cutter stamp out 12 circles and use to line a bun tin. Put in the fridge for 30 minutes. Reserve the pastry trimmings.
- 2
Meanwhile, in a bowl, mix together the mincemeat, and dried cranberries. Spoon a little of the apple mincemeat into each pastry case.
- 3
Using the pastry trimmings stamp out 12 small star or heart shapes. Put a star or heart on the top of each mincemeat tart. Bake in the oven for 15- 20 minutes until lightly golden and cooked.
- 4
Leave to cool for five minutes then transfer to a wire rack and dust with icing sugar. Serve warm or cold.