774. Mince Pies

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
Time
Cook: 20 min Total: 20 min
Yield
12.0 pies
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (3)
for the pastry
for the filling
for finishing
Instructions (10)
  1. Have a piece of puff-paste, which roll out to the thickness of a penny-piece.
  2. Have also a dozen tartlet-pans, which lightly butter.
  3. Cut out twelve pieces with a round cutter from the paste, each the size of your tartlet-pans.
  4. Lay them upon the slab.
  5. Roll the trimming of the paste again to the former thickness.
  6. Cut twelve other pieces, with which line the tartlet-pans.
  7. Put a piece of mince-meat, made as under, in each.
  8. Wet them round.
  9. Place on the lids, pricking a hole with a pin in the centre, and close them well at the edges.
  10. Egg over lightly, and bake about twenty minutes in a moderate oven.
Original Text · last edited 12 days ago
774. Mince Pies.—Have a piece of puff-paste, which roll out to the thickness of a penny-piece; have also a dozen tartlet-pans, which lightly butter, cut out twelve pieces with a round cutter from the paste, each the size of your tartlet-pans; lay them upon the slab, roll the trimming of the paste again to the former thickness, cut twelve other pieces, with which line the tartlet-pans; put a piece of mince-meat, made as under, in each, wet them round, place on the lids, pricking a hole with a pin in the centre, and close them well at the edges; egg over lightly, and bake about twenty minutes in a moderate oven.
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