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  • Makes 8
  • 1.5 hours
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 11 Ingredients

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This recipe for Fruit Mince Tarts is so easy to make and perfect for anything Christmassy you have coming up.

Pop some Fruit Mince Tarts into school lunchboxes instead of a muffin or something pre-packaged or take a plate of these to work in the lead up to Christmas and everyone will be crowding around your desk during their coffee break!

Fruit Mince Tarts can be very easy to make especially if you grab a jar of fruit mince from the supermarket rather than making it from scratch.

The pastry is buttery and melt in your mouth, and you will find it hard to stop at one!

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Ingredients (makes 8 Small tarts)

  • 2 cups Plain flour
  • 2 Tbsp Custard powder
  • 1/3 cup Caster sugar
  • 185g Cold unsalted butter, cubed
  • 1 Egg yolk
  • 1-2 Tbsp Cold water
  • 1 Egg white lightly whisked
  • 1 Jar Fruit mince
  • 5 Dried apricots, finely diced
  • 2 Tbsp Currants/raisins
  • Icing sugar to dust

Method

  1. Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees, and lightly spray 8 small tart pans. In a large bowl, sift the flour and custard powder. Add in the sugar, and stir to combine.
  2. Using your fingertips, rub in the butter until completely incorporated, then add in the water and egg yolk, and work to make a pliable dough. Knead lightly, and then wrap in glad wrap tightly and put into the fridge for 30 minutes While in the fridge, mix the jar of fruit mince, apricots and currants/raisins together and set aside
  3. Remove the pastry from the fridge and roll between 2 sheets of baking paper until around 4mm thick. Using a cutter or something round that will make circles big enough to fit in your tart pans, make 8 circles from the dough. I used an extra-large coffee cup to do this step. You may need to re combine the dough and roll out again to get all the circles made. Using a small star cutter, cut 8 stars from the pastry too, and set aside
  4. Ease the pastry rounds into the tart tins, and lightly press around the sides and the base. Cut any overhanging pastry. Place an even amount of mince filling into each tart tin, and top with a pastry star. Brush the tops and edges with the beaten egg white.
  5. Place into the oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool & dust with icing sugar

Notes

These Fruit Mince Tarts will keep in an air tight container for 5 days

  • This recipe looks really yummy. Thanks for sharing.

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  • Yum! My mum would love these

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  • I’m just not a fan of mince pies. Maybe I just haven’t tried the right ones.

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  • They look nice, but I’ve never understood the attraction to fruit mince. Give me chocolate, raspberry or pretty much anything else any day!

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  • We love Fruit Mince Tarts. Haven’t made anything like this in so long. Must get out the pastry cutters.

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  • I love the sound of this tart base mixture. I’m not one for fruit mince pies, but l definitely try it with another filling.

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  • I love the star on them. I am not a huge fan of fruit mince pies but I am sure they would taste good.

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  • This looks and sounds a lot easier than the recipe I used to use. Thanks so much for sharing.

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  • Easy and quite simple recipe. I am sure I could master my first attempt without disaster.

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  • My husband would have loved these but he was the only one in our house that likes Fruit mince pies

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  • Father Christmas always gets a mince pie in our house. I wonder if he would like home made ones this year :)

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  • My parents love these but Ive never tried to make them myself before so I might have to give it a go. Thanks for sharing.

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  • thanks for sharing – always wanted to make my own.

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  • I’m just not a fan. If someone really wanted them, I would just buy some from the supermarket or Baker’s Delight. I just don’t like them.

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  • I love mince pies

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