Luxury Fruit Mince Tarts
- None None FOR THE FRUIT MINCE FILLING
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup golden raisins
- 1 cup currants
- 3/4 cup glace cherries
- 3/4 cup dried pineapple wedges
- 1 1/2 cups chopped mixed peel
- 3/4 cup blanched almonds, chopped
- 2 large cooking apples, grated
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 10 tbsp (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
- 3/4 cup brandy or rum
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 None orange, peel grated and orange juiced
- 1 None lemon, peel grated and lemon juiced
- None None FOR THE TART DOUGH
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 10 tbsp (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, chopped
- 2 None egg yolks
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 None egg white, lightly beaten
- None None Granulated sugar, for sprinkling
- None None Powdered sugar, for dusting
- Place fruits, peel and almonds in a food processor. Pulse until coarsely chopped. Place in a large bowl. Add apples, brown sugar, butter, brandy, spices, citrus peel and juice; mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 days, stirring daily.
- For the tart dough, sift flour and baking powder into a bowl. Rub in butter using fingertips, until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add egg yolks and enough lemon juice to form a dough. Knead dough until smooth. Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins.
- Preheat the oven to 350u0b0F. Roll out pastry between 2 sheets of parchment paper until 1/8 inch-thick. Cut out twenty-four 3 1/2-inch rounds. Press rounds into two 12-cavity tartlet pans. Fill each cavity with fruit mince.
- Re-roll pastry scraps and cut into 24 shapes. Top each tart with a shape. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
- Bake for 15 mins, until golden. Cool in pans. Serve dusted with powdered sugar.
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