Mince Pies de Luxe

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Preparation info
  • For

    24

    mince pies
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Cooking for Christmas

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1978

  • About

Mince pies can be rather dry but here the mixture of the spicy mincemeat with smooth cream cheese makes them a real luxury.

Ingredients

  • 8 oz (200 g) full cream cheese
  • 2 oz (50

Method

First put the cream cheese and the 2 oz caster sugar into a bowl and beat until smooth. Knead the pastry lightly and roll out rather more thickly than usual. Using a 3 in. (