Modern Mince Pie Recipe - Cooking Index
Modern Mince Pie Recipe - Cooking Index
This dessert, long favored by the British at holiday time, originally contained minced meat along with the fruits and spices. This version, more suited to the nineties table, is meatless and brimming with apples, dried fruit and lots of spices.
Courses: Dessert, Pies| 3 1/2 lbs | 1589g / 56oz | Small pippin apples - (abt 7) - peeled, cored, |
| And chopped | ||
| 1/2 cup | 73g / 2.6oz | Chopped pitted prunes |
| 1/2 cup | 80g / 2.8oz | Golden raisins |
| 1/2 cup | 31g / 1.1oz | Dried currants |
| 1/2 cup | 80g / 2.8oz | Dark brown sugar - (firmly packed) |
| 1/4 cup | 59ml | Unsulfured (light) molasses |
| 1/4 cup | 59ml | Brandy |
| 1/4 cup | 59ml | Orange juice |
| 1/4 cup | 49g / 1.7oz | Unsalted butter - (1/2 stick) - cut into pieces |
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Dark rum |
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | Grated orange peel |
| 1 teaspoon | 5ml | Grated lemon peel |
| 1 teaspoon | 5ml | Ground cinnamon |
| 1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Ground cloves |
| 1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Ground allspice |
| 1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Ground nutmeg |
| 1 | Salt | |
| 2 | Buttermilk Pie Crust Dough disks - (see recipe) | |
| Milk - as needed | ||
| Rum raisin ice cream - (optional) |
Combine first 17 ingredients in heavy large saucepan or Dutch oven. Cook over low heat until apples are very tender and mixture is thick, stirring occasionally, about 1 1/2 hours. Cool filling completely. (Can be prepared up to 1 week ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 400 degrees. Roll out 1 pie crust disk on lightly floured surface to 13-inch-diameter round (about 1/8-inch thick). Roll up dough on rolling pin and transfer to 9-inch-diameter glass pie plate. Gently press into place. Trim edges of crust, leaving 3/4-inch overhang. Fold overhang under crust so that crust is flush with edge of pie pan. Crimp edges with fork to make decorative border. Spoon filling into crust-lined pan, gently pressing flat.
Roll out second disk on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round. Cut out about 28 three-inch leaves using cookie cutter. Press leaves lightly with tines of fork to form vein pattern. Brush bottom of 1 leaf with milk. Place leaf atop mince, overlapping crust slightly and pressing to adhere to crust. Continue placing leaves atop pie in concentric circles, overlapping edges slightly until top of pie is covered.
Brush crust with milk. Bake until crust is golden brown and mince bubbles, about 40 minutes. Cool completely. Serve pie with rum raisin ice cream if desired.
This recipe yields 8 servings.
Source:
Bon Appetit, November 1991
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