Mince pie

Instructions

1. Rub the flour, cold diced butter and icing sugar together with your fingertips until the texture is sandy.
2. Add the egg and bring together into a dough, then chill for 30 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 200°C (gas mark 6-7).
4. Roll the pastry out thinly and cut out discs to line the cups of a muffin tin.
5. Mix the mincemeat with the grated apple and spices, then fill the pastry cups two-thirds full.
6. Cut small stars from the remaining pastry to cover, and glaze with beaten egg.
7. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes until a nice golden colour, then let them cool slightly before removing from the tin.