Tutti frutti Christmas pies

200 kcal or less 30-60 minutes alternative mince pies buffet canapés christmas desserts christmas party christmas pies festive individual pies mince pie alternative mince pies mincepie over an hour

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Makes 18-24

Source

Ingredients

50g ready-to-eat dried apricot , finely chopped

25g pecan , finely chopped

30g pitted dried date , finely chopped

50g sweetened dried cranberries , roughly chopped

2 medium Granny Smiths , peeled, cored and very finely chopped or grated

50g light brown sugar

1 tsp ground cinnamon

25g butter , melted and cooled

2 tbsp cherry brandy or orange juice

250g plain flour

40g icing sugar

125g butter

150g white marzipan

icing sugar or caster sugar , for spinkling

Method

To make the filling put all the ingredients into a bowl and mix well together. Cover and leave in the fridge overnight.

To make the pastry put the flour, icing sugar and butter into a food processor and using the pulse button, process until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add 8-9 tsp’s cold water and process until the mixture forms a dough.

Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Roll out the pastry to 0.5cm thickness and cut out rounds big enough to fully line your tart tin. Fill each tart with a heaped teaspoonful of the fruit mixture. Roll out the marzipan and using a 4cm round cutter, stamp out 18 rounds. Place one on each of the tarts. Bake in the oven for about 12–15 mins until crisp and golden brown. Sprinkle with icing or caster sugar before serving warm.