Gluten Free Star Mince Tarts

Name: Gluten Free Star Mince Tarts
Cook time: PT25 M
Yield: 12 mince tarts
Ingredients: Pastry 200g FREEE Plain White Flour 25g icing sugar ½ tsp FREEE Xanthan Gum 100g butter (or vegan butter) 1 egg 1-2 tbsp cold water; Filling 200g mincemeat, gluten free 1 tbsp apricot jam, warmed flour, for dusting

4.6

15 Ratings

25 minutes 12 mince tarts Wheat,Nuts,Peanuts,Gluten Vegetarian

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About this recipe:

These delightful mincemeat pies look very attractive and are a little lighter to eat than those with a full pastry lid. Use the best mincemeat you can find or perhaps make your own using dried fruit, butter, grated apple and a little syrup.

Equipment:

12-hole tart tray, round and star shaped pastry cutters, pastry blender and 2 x mixing bowls

Ingredients:

Pastry
200g FREEE Plain White Flour
25g icing sugar
½ tsp FREEE Xanthan Gum
100g butter (or vegan butter)
1 egg
1-2 tbsp cold water

Filling
200g mincemeat, gluten free
1 tbsp apricot jam, warmed
flour, for dusting

Method:

180°C, Fan 160°C, 350°F, Gas 4

Pastry

Measure the flour, icing sugar and xanthan gum into a bowl, stir to combine and sieve into a mixing bowl.
Cut the butter into small cubes and add them to the bowl.
Using a fork or pastry blender, work the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Avoid using your fingers for this.
Break the egg into the bowl and stir in enough of the water to bring the pastry easily together into a soft, slightly sticky ball of dough.
Cover and rest the pastry for 15 minutes.
Rub some butter around the insides of a 12-hole tart tray and pre-heat the oven.
Cut off a third of the dough and leave it to continue resting.
Dust the work surface with flour, put the larger piece of dough in the middle and sprinkle it with flour.
Roll out the pastry until 3mm/ ¼ inch thick.
Select a pastry cutter or cup a little bigger than the holes of the tart tray and press it into the dough to make circles. Lift the circles on to the prepared tray.

Filling and Topping

Put a teaspoon of mincemeat in the centre of each tart.
Roll the remaining pastry on the flour dusted surface and press the star cutter into the dough to make star shapes.
Gently place these over the mincemeat.
Bake for 25 minutes.
Remove the tart tray from the oven and brush the pastry stars with a little apricot jam before cooking for a further 5 minutes.