Delight in our gluten-free mince pies this Christmas! Perfect for your holiday countdown, Day 22 brings a festive treat for all.
Deliciously Festive Treats for a Guilt-Free Holiday Season!
The holiday season brings with it a delightful array of culinary traditions, and making homemade gluten-free mince pies is a fantastic way to embrace these festivities. With a simple gluten-free shortcrust pastry, you can create delicious, traditional mince pies that cater to those with gluten sensitivities. The versatility of these pies allows for variations such as iced mince pies, offering a touch of elegance and additional sweetness to the classic recipe. This flexibility invites bakers to experiment and find their perfect holiday treat.
For those seeking inspiration, numerous gluten-free recipes are available that not only provide step-by-step guidance but also include tips and tricks for maintaining a gluten-free lifestyle. The joy of baking during the Christmas season can be heightened by exploring different variations of mince pies, ensuring that everyone can partake in the festive spirit without compromising their dietary needs. Embrace the warmth of the holidays by creating these scrumptious gluten-free desserts that are sure to be a hit with family and friends.
Delight in Every Bite: A Festive Twist on a Classic Treat!
I think baking gluten-free mince pies is probably my favorite festive activity and in this video I’m going to show you how to make both classic minc pies and my IC minc pies but both of them start off with my easy gluten-free short crust pastry now this is really easy to make and I actually have a full video tutorial on how to make this on my.
Channel if you search for pastry there’s also a puff pastry one as well but this video will also give you an overview of how to make it so I’m stirring together my gluten-free flow some zanam gum which is really important for the texture and some sugar because I want this to be a sweet pastry and add in some cold butter and then we’re going to use our.
Fingertips to just sort of rub this together until it looks like breadcrumbs now if you find that your hands get really hot you can run them under some cold water before doing this and dry them off but I just find that the cooler you can keep this pastry the better and this is the sort of like breadcrumb consistency that we are aiming for with.
This pastry now once you’ve done this we’re going to add some egg and some cold water to the mixture now you only need very small amount of cold water and I’m using large UK eggs so if you’re in America watching this you probably need extra large ones I’m just going to whisk that together with the water and then add it to my pastry mixture and then.
We’re going to use a fork to bring it all together until it’s easy enough to get in there and use our hands now you might be watching this and thinking this looks too good to be true but honestly it is this easy to make glutenfree pastry there’s this common misconception that making pastry is going to be really hard but I think with all gluten-free.
Things it’s just a case case of trying to make things differently and not trying to bake the products the way you used to when you were able to use gluten because the gluten is what makes things really stretchy and elastic so we have to learn to work around not having that in the dough once you’ve made your pastry it’s really important that you.
Chill it and then we just going to roll it out nice and thin obviously this is quite difficult to do on a backdrop with lots of Christmas props but I did my best and then I’m going to cut my circles for my mince pies and then once you’ve done this because there’s no gluten in the pastry you don’t have to worry about overwork it so you can.
Simply peel away the off cuts and then you can just scrunch them up and roll them out again and keep going until you’ve got all the minc pies that you need now pop your pastry circles into a baking tray and by this point you should have the oven preheating the full written recipe is on my website for both these mince pie recipes and I will link.
Them in the description below so you don’t have to worry about trying to figure out from this video now I’ve cut some little stars for the tops of my mince pies you can do full Lids if you want but I just think these look prettier and I’m brushing them with a little of milk and then I’m going to sprinkle on some sugar just so they get.
A nice crunchy sugary top and that’s how to make my classic mince pies they come out perfectly once they’re baked let them cool take them out the tray and sprinkle them with some icing sugar for a perfect sort of snowy topping and that is my classic gluten-free mince pies if you like something a little bit sweeter then let me show you how to make my iced.
Mince pies as well so you’re going to start off with exactly the same pastry cut your circles out and fill them with minced meat just like you did for the classic mince pies and then once you’ve done that bake it the same as before and then we’re going to take them out of the tray and leave them to cool and once they’ve cooled that’s when we’re going.
To ice them so I mix up some really thick icing you don’t want it too runny because it will just get really messy trust me I’ve been there done that so you want it as thick as possible and we’re going to dollop a little bit on the top of each mince pie and just let it sort of spread out we want just enough so it stays within that pastry.
Case but don’t worry too much if it does go over the sides I let just leave it on a cooler rack until they’re all completely set and once I’ve managed to put the icing on all of them I like to finish mine off with some little sprigs of Holly now be careful because not all sprinkles are gluten-free a lot of them do contain wheat so you need to always.
Double check the packet these are actually some old ones I had left over from last year but you can find them on Amazon and in supermarkets and if I find any after editing this video I will also link those in the description and once you’ve made these look super pretty it’s simply a case of leaving them to set and then sharing them with all your family.
And friends friends and don’t forget to leave one out for Father Christmas because I heard he’s rather partial to a Gloom Freeman’s pie if you like this recipe and you want more festive bakes make sure you subscribe to my channel for more Christmas recipes and check out the description below where you’ll find the r recipes for both my classic and IC.
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