The fastest mince pies ever

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The fastest mince pies ever

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Until you make these mince pies, you'll never appreciate just how easy and fast they are. You can freeze them uncooked and cook them from frozen, or else you can freeze them cooked and warm them through when defrosted. From Delia's Christmas Easy

Ingredients

10oz/275g mincemeat
1 x 275g fresh ready-rolled puff pastry
A little milk
42 whole blanched almonds
42 cranberries
golden caster sugar, to dust
icing sugar, to serve

Serves: 28 Preparation: 20 Cook Time: 10 Total Time: 30min

Directions

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Pre-heat the oven to 220C/425F/gas mark 7.
Begin by unrolling the packet of pastry, leaving it on the cellophane, then just cut out 2in/5cm discs and arrange them on the baking tray. Next, using the 1.5in/4cm cutter, press this into the centre of each disc, making an incision to just three-quarters of the way into the pastry (but be careful not go right through).
Now brush the edge of each disc with a little milk, then pile about a teaspoonful of mincemeat into the centre of each disc. Arrange 3 almonds on half the mince pies and 3 cranberries on the rest, then dust the nuts and cranberries with a little caster sugar. Bake the mince pies on a high shelf of the oven for 10-12 minutes or till golden, then remove them to a wire cooling tray.
Serve warm, dusted with icing sugar. Note: If freezing the pies, allow them to cool, then transfer to a plastic freezer box (layered with baking parchment). To re-heat, cook from frozen in an oven pre-heated to gas mark 7, 425°F (220°C) for 4-5 minutes. Then dust with icing sugar.

Source: Delia's Christmas Easy, exclusively for WHSmith, price: 3.95