Mille Fuille
14th April 2015
New You Boot Camp Apple Pie in the Jar
8th May 2015
Ingredients
- 1 tsp ginger ground
- 1 tsp nutmeg ground
- 1/2 tsp mace ground
- 2 tsp Cinnamon ground
- 100 g raisin
- 100 g sultanas
- 100 g currant
- 50 g cherries dried
- 100 g vegetable suet optional
- 1/2 cooking apple cored and chopped do not peeled
- 120 ml brandy
for the pastry
- 375 g gluten-free and wheat-free flour with xanthan gum OR 200g/7oz chickpea (gram) flour with 175g/6oz rice flour
- 150 g dairy-free margarine
- Xylitol (Perfect Sweet) to serve
Servings: people
Instructions
- Mix all the dried fruits with the spices and suet if you are using it.
- Put the apple, orange and lemon pieces in a food processor and pure.
- Add this mixture to the dried fruit along with the brandy.
- Mix well, cover and set aside for anywhere between two hours and 24 hours.
- To make the pastry, mix the wheat free flour and sieve into the bowl of a food processor.
- Cut in the dairy free margarine and blend until it is forms crumbs.
- Add 8-10 tablespoons cold water. Mix to a dough and blend until it forms a ball.
- Remove from the processor and chill for 30 minutes.
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and flour your mince pie tins.
- Remove the pastry from the fridge, and roll out to a thickness of about 5mm. Cut the pastry in circles with a cutter slightly larger than the size of each pie, and line your mince pie tins with it, pushing the pastry up the edges.
- Spoon the mixture into each pie then rollout lids and top each pie, wetting the edges of the dough and pressing it together with your fingers.
- If you are using the egg, beat it in a bowl and brush the lid of each pie generously.
- Bake for around 20 minutes or until the pies are lightly browned and the pastry cooked.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle with Xylito if desired. Cool slightly before carefully lifting them out of the tins (running a sharp knife round the edges to loosen them helps) and cooling on a rack.
- When cold store in an airtight tin. Serve warm or cold.
