Mincemeat Flan

Name: Mincemeat Flan
Yield: Serves Four
Ingredients: squeeze of lemon juice; 75 g/3 oz beef suet, chopped; 1 egg yolk; 2 tablespoons icy water; pinch of salt; 90 g/3½ oz butter; 175 g/6 oz plain flour; 1 tablespoon brandy; pinch of mixed spice; grated rind of ½ lemon; 40 g/1½ oz chopped almonds; 40 g/1½ oz chopped mixed peel; 75 g/3 oz currants; 75 g/3 oz brown sugar; 1 small dessert apple; 75 g/3 oz sultanas; 75 g/3 oz raisins

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking for Friends

By Prue Leith

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

For the Pastry

175 g/6 oz plain flour
pinch of salt

Dessert

Method

Make the pastry first. Sift the flour with the salt and rub in the butter until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Mix the yolk and 1 tablespoon of the water with the lemon juice and mix this into the flour with a knife. Then use one hand to press it to a firm dough. Add more water if necessary, bu