Gluten-Free Mince Pies
Flourless mince-pies made of a crisp pastry shell filled with juicy spiced fruit. The perfect English Christmas classic dessert.
Servings: 12 mince pies
Calories: 226kcal
Ingredients
Ingredients for mincemeat filling:
- 100 g raisins
- 100 g sultanas
- 100 g dried cranberries
- 50 g candied peel
- 95 g coconut sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- 1 small apple diced
- 6 tbsps hot water
Ingredients for gluten-free pastry case:
- 100 g almond flour
- 100 g gluten-free oat flour
- 2 flax egg 2 tbsp + 6 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 3 tbsp plant milk
- Pinch salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- For the mincemeat, soak the raisins, sultanas and dried cranberries in the hot water for 1 hour.
- Add the spices, sugar, chopped apple and candied peel and leave for another 30 minutes.
- Place half the mixture in a food processor and blitz roughly for a few seconds.
- Add back to the rest of the mincemeat and leave aside.
- For the pastry, combine the oat and almond flours.
- Add the flax egg, oil and milk and mix until a smooth dough forms.
- Roll out and using an 8cm cookie cutter, cut into circles. Leave aside the leftover dough.
- Press into a lightly greased muffin tin and prick a few times with a fork.
- Spoon in the mincemeat mixture.
- Roll out the remaining dough and use a star shaped cookie cutter (or freehand) and place on top of each pie.
- Bake for 25 minutes
Nutrition
Calories: 226kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 27mg | Potassium: 200mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 23IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1mg