Brownie mince pies
Makes: 24
Prep time: 30 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Martin Poole
Brownie mince pies
Makes: 24
Prep time: 30 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
267Kcal
Fat
17gr
Saturates
10gr
Carbs
28gr
Sugars
17gr
Fibre
1gr
Protein
2gr
Salt
0.1gr
Sarah Randell
Our former Food Director, and previously food editor to Delia Smith, Sarah has written more than 1000 recipes for the magazine. She is also author of Family Baking and Marmalade; A Bittersweet Cookbook among others.
Sarah Randell
Our former Food Director, and previously food editor to Delia Smith, Sarah has written more than 1000 recipes for the magazine. She is also author of Family Baking and Marmalade; A Bittersweet Cookbook among others.
Ingredients
For the pastry:
- 250g plain flour
- 125g unsalted butter, in pieces
- 1 tbsp icing sugar
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
For the filling and topping:
- 1 egg white
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 24 cranberries
- 100g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
- 100g soft butter
- 175g light muscovado sugar
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 100g plain flour, sifted
- 250g mincemeat
- 300ml double cream
- zest of 1 orange
Step by step
Get ahead
The brownie mince pies can be made a few days ahead and kept in an airtight container, or they can be frozen (without the topping). Finish with the whipped cream and cranberries just before serving.
- Mix together the plain flour, unsalted butter and icing sugar in an electric mixer, until it resembles breadcrumbs. Briefly mix in a lightly beaten large egg. When the pastry comes together, tip on to the surface and bring it together in a ball. Press the ball into a disc, wrap in clingfilm and chill it for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, beat the egg white until lightly frothy and scatter 1 tbsp caster sugar in a saucer. Dip the cranberries, one by one, in the egg white, then roll in the sugar to 'frost' them. Leave to dry.
- Roll out the pastry on a floured surface. Use a fluted 9cm cookie cutter to stamp out rounds to line the holes of 2 x 12-hole muffin tins. Chill for 15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4.
- For the filling, melt the dark chocolate. Mix the butter and light muscovado sugar in an electric mixer to combine. Gradually add the lightly beaten eggs, still mixing. Tip in the sifted plain flour and the slightly cooled melted chocolate. Mix until combined. Fold in 250g mincemeat.
- Put a spoonful of the filling into each pastry case. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Leave the pies to cool in the tins for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
- Whip the double cream with orange zest to top the cold pies; add the frosted cranberries.
