Chunky mince pie slices

30-60 minutes 400 kcal or less apple apples christmas dried cranberries festive baking flaked almond flaked almonds ground almond ground almonds make ahead mince pie pecan pecans pistachio pistachios ready-rolled puff pastry share slice winter xmas

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Makes 15 slices

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Ingredients

280g mincemeat

25g pecan , mix of broken and whole

25g pistachio , halved lengthways

2 tbsp flaked almond

25g dried cranberries

1⁄2 apple , cored and finely chopped

finely grated zest 1 lemon , plus 2 tsp juice

375g ready-rolled puff pastry

1 rounded tbsp ground almonds

beaten egg to glaze (optional)

50g icing sugar

Method

Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Combine the mincemeat with the nuts, cranberries, apple and lemon zest.

Unroll the pastry and lay it on a lightly floured work surface. Slice off a strip across one end to leave a 23cm square of pastry. From the strip, cut out 15-30 star shapes (depending on whether you want 1 or 2 stars per slice). Thinly re-roll the pastry trimmings until it is all used up. Lay the pastry square on a baking sheet and scatter over the ground almonds. Carefully spread the mincemeat mixture over so that it comes right to the edge of the pastry (the mincemeat shouldn’t spread when baked). Lay the stars in lines across the mincemeat, slightly overlapping them if necessary to fit, so you can cut out 15 slices when baked. Brush the stars with egg to glaze, if you like.

Bake for 15 mins or until the pastry is golden. Leave to cool. Meanwhile, mix the icing sugar with 2 tsp lemon juice. Drizzle over the cool pastry and cut into 15 slices.