Do you make your own Christmas cake, pudding or perhaps fruit mince pies? Do you do months in advance or do you have a recipe that works the week before? Tell us about your Christmas cooking and even better maybe share your favourite Christmas Dessert recipes.
Cooking is not really my thing but I used to make my Nanna's Fruit Mince Pies. I will probably be in big trouble for sharing the recipe with you but I won't tell if you don't
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So the fruit mince is not the key here. I can remember when living in Belgium I was missing Nanna's fruit mince pies and rang her to ask her what was the secret to her yummy fruit mince - Robertsons Fruit mince in a jar. Our whole family had been fooled
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But the pastry is the real secret and very tricky to use.
227gm margarine
114gm sugar
170gm self raising flour
170gm plain flour
57gm custard powder
57gm cornflour
2 eggs
Cream butter & sugar
Add eggs slowly
Add sifted flours & rub in
Divide dough in 2 parts, wrap in glad wrap & refrigerate overnight (it lasts 2 weeks in the fridge).
Spray mini pie tins.
Set oven at 210c and cook until golden.
The dough is too soft on the first roll but perfect on the 2nd time it is rolled. It also shrinks a bit so make a little bigger than what you want.
If you make these I know a very large family who will be happy to join you to eat them
Christmas Desserts
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