The first of this year’s mince pies, still warm from the oven and dusted with icing sugar snow. Customize your special Christmas message – my pies spell out ‘Noel’
 
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Make a batch of Rich Shortcrust Pastry , adding a little grated orange zest, or some ground cinnamon, or some ground allspice to give the pastry a festive kick. You could also replace a 1/4 – 1/2 a cup of the flour with ground almonds.
Put your pastry in the fridge to chill
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