Mince Pie Slices

Ingredients:

• 175g plain white flour
• 1 and a half tablespoons of icing sugar
• 100g butter
• A splash of cold water
• 500g of fruit mince filling

For the Topping:

• 75g Self Raising Flour
• 40g Semolina
• 40g Caster Sugar
• 75g Butter

Method:

• Rub the butter, icing sugar and flour together until the mixture is breadcrumbs.
• Add sufficient water to make mixture into a firm dough (this can be done in a food processor or stirred by hand).
• Roll out pastry to a rectangle, slightly larger than the baking tin you'll use.
• Use pastry to line the base and sides of tin and trim any excess that goes beyond top of the tin.
• Spread the fruit mince over the the pastry base.
• Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
• Add the flour, semolina and caster sugar into a mixing bowl.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan and set aside to cool slightly for a few minutes.
• Pour the melted butter into the dry ingredients bowl and mix until it forms a dough.
• Put the dough in the fridge for 30 mins to chill.
• Grate the chilled dough using a coarse grater and spread evenly over the mincemeat.
• Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes (or until golden).
• Cut into 16 equal slices and serve warm with ice cream.

Photo Credit goes to Poires au Chocolat.