PLUM & ALMOND

Plummy almond crumble mince pies (24-30 mini mince pies)

Mincemeat:

400g plums

100ml orange juice & zest 2 oranges

1 Bramley apple, 1cm cubes

100g chopped figs

200g raisins

100g sultanas

50g mixed peel

50g marmalade

100g Demerara sugar

½tsp ground ginger

1tsp cinnamon

¼ grated nutmeg

¼tsp ground cloves

25ml ginger wine

50g chopped almonds

30ml amaretto

Cook the plums & juice gently 20mins

Mix all except the amaretto

Leave 12 hours

110°C bake 2½ hours

Stir in the amaretto

Pastry:

200g spelt flour

100g cold butter

50g unrefined icing sugar

2 egg yolks

1tbsp amaretto

Rub the butter & flour together to make breadcrumbs, add the sugar, yolks & amaretto.

Roll into a flat ball & chill for 1 hour

Crumble:

60g spelt flour

40g butter

10g Demerara sugar

40g amaretti biscuits, crushed

25g flaked almonds

Rub the butter & flour to a crumble texture stir all together

Bake the mince pies 15mins at 180°C

There I go again!  Can't keep a story going in a straight line, can I?  Drunk in charge of a narrative.
Where was I?
There I was, one of the crowd, among the fairies, goblins, spirits
Angela Carter; Wild Children