Frangipane Mince Pies – Nicky’s Kitchen Sanctuary

December 17, 2024

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Wealthy, buttery, and completely candy, these frangipane mince pies elevate the traditional festive deal with with an almondy twist. We’re making these all from scratch and I’ve a tip for making the pastry next-level scrumptious. I assure I to must make multiple batch of those as a result of all of the household LOVE them.

A close up picture of a frangipane mince pie with a bite taken out of it. The picture is highlighting the textures of the crumble shortcrust pastry, the mincemeat and the chewy frangipane topping.

The perfect mince pies are these frangipane Mince Pies with simple home made pastry. Serve heat (nothing beats scoffing a still-warm mince pie from the cooling rack).

Or serve chilly (a packed lunch deal with to place a smile in your face) for a scrumptious conventional Christmas snack.

📋 Substances

For the pastry dough

I’m often pretty lazy in relation to pastry – shopping for the pre-made and pre-rolled stuff. Nevertheless that is a simple model and solely takes a few minutes to tug collectively (plus a little bit of chilling time within the fridge).

An overhead picture showing the ingredients for a sweet orange shortcrust pastry.

Plain Flour (all objective flour)
Icing Sugar (confectioners’ sugar)
Chilly cubed butter
Egg
Orange Zest (that’s my secret ingredient)

You possibly can substitute in shop-bought candy shortcrust pastry however the orange zest on this pastry actually offers the entire mince pie a elevate and makes it additional Christmassy.

For the frangipane and filling

An overhead picture showing the ingredients for the filling and topping of frangipane mince pies.

I did persist with the pre-made mincemeat although, you may make your individual however the store purchased stuff is simply as good and saves on time. We additionally want:

Floor almonds (almond meal)
Almond extract
Golden caster sugar
Unsalted butter
Egg
Flaked almonds
Icing sugar (confectioners’ sugar)
Mince meat – that is the candy, jammy, raisin-y stuff you purchase in jars. Not meat!! No precise meat is utilized in mince pies!!

🥧 The best way to Make Frangipane Mince Pies

***Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card on the finish of this publish***

Make the shortcrust pastry dough

Pulse the flour, icing sugar and chilly butter in a meals processor till the combination is the feel of high-quality breadcrumbs.
Add the egg and orange zest and pulse once more till the dough simply begins to return collectively.
Roll out the dough on a flippantly floured work floor to a single layer thats 4mm (a bit of over 1/eighth of an inch) thick.
Cowl with cling movie and place within the fridge to relaxation for 30-60 minutes.

Professional Tip

For the right shortcrust pastry be sure the cubed butter is chilly. Additionally we’re solely pulsing the meals processor till the dough simply comes collectively, it will guarantee we don’t overwork the dough leading to a tricky chewy dough fairly than a mushy crumbly pastry.

Make the frangipane

The frangipane is a simple home-made recipe too. Just like the one I take advantage of in my peach and almond tart, you don’t want a mixer – simply whisk it collectively in a bowl earlier than spooning on prime of the mincemeat-filled pastry instances.

Place the softened. butter and sugar in a big mixing bowl and beat it collectively till it goes a pleasant pale color.
Add almond extract and an egg and blend till mixed.
Then stir within the floor almonds then place within the fridge till you’re prepared to make use of it.

Bringing all of it collectively

Preheat the oven to 190C/375F (fan)
Reduce the pastry into rounds utilizing a fluted 8cm cutter and gently press them into your cake tin. It is best to get 16-18 minced pies so chances are you’ll must work in 2 batches.
Add the mincemeat and prime with a blob of the frangipane.
Sprinkle with the flaked almonds and place within the oven for 15-20 minutes till golden brown
Place them on a wire rack to chill earlier than dusting with icing sugar and serving.

A collage of 3 images showing the key stages of making homemade frangipane mince pies.

Chris completely LOVEs something with almond flavours, from my Rhubarb and Almond Cake, Frangipane Croissants and even consuming the leftover marzipan after I’m adorning my Christmas cake or making a Battenberg, so I do know these almond mince pies can be gone in mere hours!

An overhead picture of some mince pies on a black wire cooling rack. All the mince pies have been dusted with icing sugar.

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🍽️ What to serve it with

Serve them heat or chilly, simply as they’re. Or you possibly can prime with a blob of additional thick cream or serve with home made custard.

I assure Chris could have an enormous smile on his face with a pleasant cup of tea and a frangipane mince pie (or 3) in entrance of the TV each Sunday afternoon in December!

These have actually changed the standard mince pies in our home. The frangipane topping and the trace of orange within the shortcrust pastry simply takes them to a different degree making them the perfect mince pies.

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? Regularly Requested Questions

Do different nations have mince pies?

Within the UK mince pies are a Christmas staple however they aren’t wherever close to as widespread in different nations. For my part they’re lacking out.

🥄 Gear

With a purpose to make these scrumptious festive Frangipane Mince Pies you will have:

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For the Pastry (or you should use ready-rolled candy shortcrust pastry):

Pastry

First, make the pastry – Place the flour, confectioners’ sugar, and butter in a meals processor and pulse till high-quality crumbs type.

240 g (2 cups) plain (all-purpose) flour, 3 tbsp confectioners’ (icing) sugar, 125 g (1/2 cup + 1 tsp) unsalted butter
Add the orange zest and egg and pulse once more till it simply comes collectively (add a few drops of chilly water if it is nonetheless too crumbly to return collectively).

finely grated zest of 1 orange, 1 medium egg
Place the pastry on a big piece of baking parchment. Squash collectively to type it right into a ball, then place a second massive piece of baking parchment on prime. Squash the ball down together with your fingers, then roll it out to 4mm (a bit of over 1/eighth of an inch) thick with a rolling pin.
Place within the fridge to relax for 30-60 minutes.

Frangipane

While the pastry is chilling, make the frangipane. Place the butter and sugar in a big bowl and beat it along with a picket spoon or hand mixer for a few minutes – till it goes paler.

90 g (6 tbsp) unsalted butter, softened, 100 g (1 cup) golden caster sugar (or use superfine)
Stir within the egg and almond extract till blended.

1 massive egg, 1/2 tsp almond extract
Then stir within the floor almonds. Place within the fridge till you’re prepared to make use of it.

90 g (1 1/2 cup) floor almonds (almond meal)

Frangipane mince pies

Preheat the oven to 190C/375F (fan).
As soon as the pastry is chilled, peel off each side of the baking parchment and lower out rounds within the pastry utilizing an 8cm/3″ fluted cutter. Re-roll the pastry as crucial. It is best to get 16-18 rounds.
Press every bit of pastry rigorously into the outlet of a 12-hole cake tin (a daily fairy-cake tin – not a muffin tin, mine is 2.25 cm (just below an inch) deep). You may want two trays, or cook dinner them in 2 batches.
Fill every pastry- gap with a tablespoon of mincemeat, then prime with a tablespoon of frangipane and easy the highest barely (it is going to unfold because it cooks, so you do not have to be too neat, its roughly 19g of the frangipane combination per pie). Make certain to not prime with an excessive amount of frangipane, as it is going to overflow.

410 g (14.5 oz) jar mincemeat, 4 tbsp flaked almonds
Sprinkle with the flaked almonds and place within the oven for 15-20 minutes till golden brown.
Take out of the oven and depart to chill for five minutes. Then take away from the tray and place on a cool rack to chill additional. Sift over a bit of confectioners’ sugar, then serve heat or chilly.

2 tbsp confectioners’ sugar

Storage:

Retailer in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 5 days.

Freezing:

Place cooled mince items in an hermetic container and freeze. Defrost for a few hours at room temperature earlier than serving.

Reheating:

If you wish to serve them heat (from room temp/defrosted), place within the oven at 170C/325F (fan), on a baking sheet. Prepare dinner for 6-8 minutes, till sizzling.
Dietary Data is per mince pie.

Vitamin data is mechanically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.

This frangipane mince pie recipe was first revealed in Dec 2015, Up to date in Dec 2024 with new footage, barely improved recipe and with added data.

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