Chocolate Mince Pies
Filled with either a gooey praline or chocolate ganache centre, mince pies are transformed into an even more fabulous festive treat. This is an easy recipe to replicate that modernises a traditional Christmas pudding.
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Recipe instructions
Chocolate Sweet Paste
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| Cream the butter and sugar together. Sieve the remaining dry ingredients together. Add the egg slowly. Add the dry ingredients and combine to form a dough. Rest in the fridge before use. |
Chocolate Mince Meat
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Add the chocolate callets to the mincemeat and mix well. As well as adding chocolate to mincemeat you can personalise it by adding orange zest, rum, brandy etc. |
Chocolate Crumble Topping
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| Rub all the ingredients in together. Then leave to set. Then press through a coarse sieve. |
Assembling
Praline Centres: place a teaspoon of mincemeat into the bottom of the pie. Pipe a small amount of praline (approximately 10g) place more mincemeat on top to fill the pie. Sprinkle the crumble topping over the pie (approx 10g). Bake in a preheated oven at 170c for 12 minutes. |