How To Bake Mincemeat Pie
Serves: 8
Preparation time: 45 mins
Cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients needed to make Mincemeat Pie:
- 2 lb lamb shoulder, ground
- 2 white sandwich bread slices
- 2 eggs
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 medium yellow onions, finely chopped
- 3 tbsp golden raisins
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 2 tbsp freshly squeezed out lemon juice
- 2 oz Asian tamarind paste
- 2 tbsp curry powder
- ½ cup milk
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Cooking instructions for Mincemeat Pie:
- Crumble the tamarind paste into a small bowl and fill it up with ½ cup of boiling water; set aside for half an hour or until it softens.
- Whisk the mixture until the paste dissolves and pass it through a fine mesh sieve to strain out a smooth tamarind juice into a small bowl.
- Split the bread slices into smaller chunks and place them in another bowl, along with ¼ cup of milk.
- Set aside until the milk seeps into the bread and keep it aside.
- Drizzle oil in a large skillet and heat it over moderately high heat.
- Add the minced lamb and brown the meat, while stirring at times, for about 25 minutes or until it dries up.
- Remove from heat into a bowl and set aside.
- Place the skillet back to heat and add a splodge of butter into it.
- Throw in the onions plus garlic once the butter melts and sauté for a couple of minutes, stirring often, until they turn soft.
- Tip them into the bowl of meat and drizzle the tamarind juice over them.
- Add the soaked bread into it, along with a splash of lemon juice, zest, raisins, 3 tbsp almonds and crack an egg into it.
- Sprinkle the seasonings on top and stir them all together until they distribute throughout the mixture.
- Spoon the mixture into a 9’’ pie plate and spread it evenly across the base.
- Warm up your oven to 375 degrees F.
- Crack the other egg into a small bowl, along with rest of the milk and beat them together until well combined.
- Adjust the seasonings and drizzle it over the meat mixture in the pie plate.
- Bake the pie for half an hour or until the mixture is heated through and the egg mixture sets and turn golden brown.
- Take it out of the oven and top it up with rest of the almonds.
- Set aside for about 10 minutes or until cool enough to handle and serve warm.
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