Mincemeat Eccles Cakes II
Mincemeat Eccles Cakes is a modern British recipe for a classic festive version of the traditional Lancashire eccles cake, made from puff pastry with a spicy mincemeat filling. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Mincemeat Eccles Cakes.
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
20 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
Makes:
12
Rating: 
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These I made for my dad, who loved mincemeat in mince pies, but who also loved traditional eccles cakes, so why not combine both for Christmas?
Mincemeat Eccles Cakes: A British recipe for a mince pie with a pastry base, mincemeat filling and egg meringue topping.
Ingredients:
175g (6 oz)
citrusy mincemeat
50g (2 oz) dark muscovado sugar
1 tsp mixed spice (pumpkin pie spice)
1/2 tsp freshly-grated nutmeg
finely grated zest of 2 lemons
40g butter
500g packet of puff pastry, thawed if frozen
1 egg, beaten
caster sugar, for dusting
Method:
In a large bowl, mix together the dried fruit, sugar, spices, lemon zest and the butter.
Turn the puff pastry onto a lightly-floured work surface and roll out to 3mm (1/6 in) thick. Use a 9cm (3 1/2 in) plain round cutter to stamp as many rounds as you can from the pastry (re-roll any pastry scraps and stamp out more rounds — you need 12 in all).
Place a rounded teaspoon of the fruit filling in the centre of each pastry circle. Brush around the edges with water then bring the edges up and over the filling, pinching firmly together to seal.
Turn the filled pastry rounds over and use a rolling pin to gently roll them out into 7.5cm (3 in) rounds.
Arrange the Eccles cakes on greased baking trays and brush lightly with beaten egg. Lightly score the tops diagonally three times. Transfer to an oven pre-heated to 220ºC and bake for about 12 minutes, or until the Eccles cakes are well risen, golden brown on top and crisp to the touch.
Remove from the oven and sift over some caster sugar whilst still hot.
Either eat warm, or leave until cold before serving.
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