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Mince Pie Tartlets with Pork
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Mince Pie Tartlets with Pork

14 ingredients 10 steps 36 tartlets wikibooks
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

617
Calories
30g
Protein
27g
Fat
61g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 14 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Cider not in our table 0
Mace not in our table 0
Fruit not in our table 0
Pastry not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

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

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 150 °C (300 °F).

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

Stir in sliced apples and fruit mix.

4

Grease the muffin tins, and line with pastry dough to make tartlet cases. Trim to fit.

5

Place cases into oven, and bake until lightly golden. Remove from oven and let cool.

6

Melt butter in a pan. Add minced pork, and sauté until browned.

7

Remove cinnamon stick from the fruit mixture, and mix in the pork.

8

Using a tablespoon, fill tartlet cases with the filling—it will probably be mounded.

9

If desired, trim with excess pastry.

10

Bake each tray at 120 °C (250 °F) for half an hour.

Recipe sourced from wikibooks

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