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Mince Pie Tartlets with Pork

Mince Pie Tartlets with Pork — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Yield 36 tartlets

Ingredients

  • 400 g white granulated sugar
  • 300 ml wine
  • 250 ml cider
  • 1 orange, zested and juiced
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • ¼ teaspoon ground mace
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 1 kg fruit mince mixture
  • 800 g cored and sliced apples (from about 12 large apples)s
  • 2 packets shortcrust pastry dough
  • 1 kg lean pork mince
  • 100 g butter

Instructions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 150 °C (300 °F).
  2. 2
    In a pot, bring the sugar, wine, cider, orange, and lemon juice to a simmer. Add mace, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Split the vanilla pod and scrape seeds into pot. Discard vanilla pod.
  3. 3
    Stir in sliced apples and fruit mix.
  4. 4
    Grease the muffin tins, and line with pastry dough to make tartlet cases. Trim to fit.
  5. 5
    Place cases into oven, and bake until lightly golden. Remove from oven and let cool.
  6. 6
    Melt butter in a pan. Add minced pork, and sauté until browned.
  7. 7
    Remove cinnamon stick from the fruit mixture, and mix in the pork.
  8. 8
    Using a tablespoon, fill tartlet cases with the filling—it will probably be mounded.
  9. 9
    If desired, trim with excess pastry.
  10. 10
    Bake each tray at 120 °C (250 °F) for half an hour.
Category
Desserts