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Fruit Mince Tart

Fruit Mince Tart

  • Preparation Time: 25 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • Fruit Mince Filling:
  • 225g Sunbeam Mixed Fruit
  • 70g Angas Park Cranberries
  • 70g Angas Park Diced Apricots
  • 70g Trident Diced Dates
  • 60g frozen butter, grated
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup brandy
  • 1 green apple peeled and grated
  • ½ tsp mixed spice
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • For Almond Pastry:
  • 110g Sunbeam Almond Meal
  • ½ cup plain flour
  • ¼ cup caster sugar
  • 125g butter, roughly chopped
  • 1 egg yolk
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract

Method

1.Mix all ingredients for fruit mince filling in a bowl, cover and set aside overnight or for at least 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
2.Preheat oven to 150°C
3.Place almond meal, flour, sugar and chopped butter into a food processer and process until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
4.While processing add egg yolk and vanilla extract, mixture will form a ball. Knead pastry lightly on a floured board until smooth. Wrap in plastic film and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
5.Using a rolling pin, roll pastry out on a floured board to 4mm thick. Reserve a ¼ for decoration, returning it to refrigerator. Line base and sides of a greased rectangular flan tin 11cm x 35cm. Trim off excess pastry.
6.Spoon fruit filling evenly into pastry lined flan tin. Use remaining pastry to make top decoration from your favourite Christmas cutter. Bake for 20-25 minutes. When cooked, remove and place on a wire rack to cool. Serve dusted with icing sugar.
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