Manger Mince Pies

Originally, I learnt fairly recently, mince pies were cooked in barquette (little boat) moulds because they were meant to represent the manger. Since this tin is routinely used by French pâtissiers to make small fruit tarts, it’s not hard to find the wherewithal to make them now. I’ve added a shredded filo topping, in part to make them different from the usual, but also in a clumsy attempt to carry on the symbolism: think of it as the straw bedding. If you can get hold of konafa (a sort of