Mum's Homemade Minced Pies - High Carb Oil Free Gluten Free

Ingredients:

Minced meat- 

1 cup soaked orange/ clementin peel

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup orange juice 

1 cup fresh cranberries

1 tsp cinnamon 

1 cup soaked sultanas 

Pastry-

1 tbsp gram flour

3 tbsp rice flour

1 tbsp icing sugar 

1 tsp baking powder (optional)

2-4 tbsp water 

2 tbsp maple syrup 

Minced Meat-

First chop the soaked orange peel into tiny pieces. In a small pan on medium heat add the peel, sugar, orange juice, cranberries, and cinnamon. Stir and simmer down to a caramelised fragrant chunky minced meat. Drain the sultanas into a bowl and add the minced meat, using a hand blender blend to combine and set aside. 

Pastry-

Into a large bowl sieve the gram, rice flour and icing sugar. Add 1 tbsp at a time, stirring into the flour. Alternating with 1 tbsp of maple syrup. Mix together into a soft dough, but make sure it doesn't turn into a batter.

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Place tin cupcake cases into a tray or coat a cupcake tray in tin foil. Coat the rolling pin and surface in cling film and place the dough on the cling film. Roll out into a thin pastry layer. Using a cutter, cut out rounds and place into the cupcake cases. Fill with a little minced meat and top with a smaller pastry round. Then place in the oven for 15 min until slightly golden. Take out the oven, allow to cool, take out their cases and dust through a mini sieve with some icing sugar. Done! 

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