More to Christmas Mincemeat than pies
Dairy free
The classic way to cook with Mincemeat is to bake Christmas Mince Pies. You can't have Christmas in the UK without them. You either love them or hate them. Me I love, unfortunately the pre-made ones all contain dairy in the pastry. The easy solution was to make my own.
However there's more to mincemeat than just pies.......
Traditional mincemeat recipe - Vegetarian and vegan shredded suet is easy to find in most supermarkets.
Pastry
Cheats Mince Pies
Mincemeat Palmiers
- Roll out vegan puff pastry and spread with vegetarian mincemeat.
- Roll up the pastry from both ends so they meet in the middle.
- Cut with a sharp knife into 1 cm slices, place on an oiled baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 - 15 Min's in a 200 Celsius Oven.
Mincemeat, Apple & Apricot Crumble tart
Jus-Rol - Filo pastry is vegan
Mincemeat filo parcels - Use veg oil instead of the egg to seal the parcels
Mincemeat & Pear Strudel
Breads
Mincemeat Scones - To make vegan use dairy free substitutes in the recipe. Scones can also be made without egg, just add a little extra dairy free milk.
Quick Mincemeat Bread - Replace the egg with 2 tablespoons of dairy free milk to make vegan.
Mincemeat sticky buns - Use milk or syrup to glaze the buns before baking, instead of the egg.
Creamy Coconut and fruit mince buns
Mincemeat Soda bread - Take this basic recipe for Soda Bread, reduce the liquid to 100 ml, and add half a jar of vegetarian mincemeat to the wet mix. Form into a round farl and bake as normal. You could also cut the farl into 4 or 6 to make Scones.
Cake
Mincemeat Cupcake
Mincemeat Muffin - Use a linseed egg substitute to make vegan.
(I finely grind my seeds & spices in a coffee grinder)
1 tbsp Flaxseed/Lin seeds - Freshly Ground
3 tbsp fresh boiled water
Mix together and leave to cool to room temp before using.
Mincemeat Christmas cake If you find making a Christmas fruit cake daunting, use mincemeat instead. Use 500 grams Mincemeat in place of the brandy and dried fruit in this recipe.
Mincemeat Tea loaf
Mincemeat Tea loaf1 x Jar 411g Mincemeat
1/2 Cup boiled water
2 tbsp Honey or syrup
1 tsp Baking Powder
2 Cups Self raising Flour
- Add boiled water and honey to the Mincemeat and mix together in your bowl.
- Leave to cool, then mix in the flour and baking powder. Pour into a lined Tea loaf tin.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 Celsius (150 Celsius fan assisted) for 50 - 60 Min's.
- Leave to cool in the baking tin for 10 Min's, before moving to a wire cooling rack.
Cookie or Biscuits
YOU DON'T NEED EGGS TO MAKE COOKIES!!! - You might need to add extra moisture, but trust me they cookies bake just as well without eggs.
Oatmeal mincemeat Cookie - Use vegan butter and leave out the EGG.
Mincemeat and Almond Shortbread
Mincemeat shortcake Slice - Use 600g ready made vegetarian mincemeat for a quick version
Mincemeat Flapjacks
Dessert
Mincemeat Crumble - Turn your crumble into a cobbler by topping with raw scones dough, then cook together.
The cooked apple and mincemeat compote also takes great cold over a lovely bowl of creamy porridge. It's like having Dessert for breakfast.
Vegan Christmas Pudding - Like the Christmas cake substitute mincemeat for the dried fruit in this recipe.
Baked Apples - with mincemeat - You only need 2 ingredients, an apple and vegetarian mincemeat. Substitute the mincemeat for the dried fruit, sugar and spices.
Mincemeat Bar cake - Instead of pressing down the mix over the mincemeat layer, I prefer to crumble it over instead. For extra crunch I also sprinkled it with some mixed seeds. Serve for afternoon tea or warm with dairy free custard.
Frozen
The easy way to make mincemeat ice cream, is to fold in broken mince pies to shop bought Vanilla Ice cream. Or you could make your own. Unless you were using a Jar that contained no vegetarian suet, I would not recommend stirring your mincemeat straight in.
Mincemeat Ice cream
If your mincemeat does contain vegetarian suet, use coconut cream instead of custard and heat both in a double boiler till thoroughly combined. The suet will melt into the coconut cream. Chill in fridge before using making your ice cream.
Tinned Coconut milk or Silken Tofu are a good substitute for the double cream.
Mincemeat Sorbet - Use fresh fruit juice to make a non-alcoholic version.
Chocolate
The spices and fruit in Mincemeat pair really well with chocolate, I love to combine the 2 make Chocolate mincemeat tea loaf. Which tastes heavenly toasted and spread with vegan butter. The heat of the toaster also releases the spices, so the wafted round my kitchen mmm
Chocolate mincemeat truffles - Use soya single cream or coconut cream to make dairy free
Chocolate Mincemeat
Chocolate Brownies - Substitute 1 Cup of Mincemeat for the granulated sugar to turn this recipe into Mincemeat Brownies.
Sandwich
Flaming mincemeat sandwich
Turn this one into Vegan French toast by combining with this recipe
Fruit mince Ice cream sandwich
Vegetables
Mincemeat with Green tomato
Mincemeat with Courgette
Pumpkin & mincemeat pie - Add a layer of mincemeat to the pie shell before pouring over the pumpkin filling.
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Budget Baking tip
Mincemeat often costs less after Christmas. Stock up and enjoy.....
Who says Mincemeat is just for Christmas xxx
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