Mince pie pastry

Now to go with that lovely fruit mince i made earlier a sweet pastry. There is also a reason why i dont add almonds to my mince & thats because i add ground almonds to the pastry making it that little bit more sweet. If your after pure indulgence make chocolate pastry.

280g/10oz Sifted flour

125g/41/2oz Sifted icing sugar
50g/2oz ground almonds
Pinch salt
200g/7oz cold butter - i used vegan marge
2 eggs - I used flax seed as my egg replacer


Mix the flour, icing sugar, ground almonds & salt together.

Mix in the butter with your finger tips until the mixture resembles bread crumbs.

Stir in the egg or egg replacer so the mixture comes together in clumps (if you need to add a little water do so) Knead the dough briefly until smooth, wrap in cling film and leave to chill in the fridge for 1 hour.