Macaroon mincemeat tarts

This recipe is another using up Christmas leftovers and this time it's some mincemeat. I wanted to make something different from mince pies and found this recipe in an old cookbook from the 70s. I'm not going to give the recipe for the shortcrust pastry - everyone has their own favourite one, or you can use Just Rol.

150g s/c pastry [that's 200g flour, 100g fat etc]
4 tbspns mincemeat
2 egg whites
75g caster sugar
75g ground almonds
15g flaked almonds
a few cherries cut in 1/4s

Preheat oven 190C/375F/gas 5

Grease a bun tin.

Roll out the pastry, cut out with a 8cm cutter and line your bun tin. [I cut out 10 cases]
Whisk the egg whites till stiff then fold in the sugar and the ground almonds.
Spoon some of the mixture on top of each tart then sprinkle with some flaked almonds. Put a piece of cherry in the middle.
Bake for about 20 mins, or until golden.



The topping is a good contrast to the soft mincemeat. A recipe to keep.



Comments

Jean said…
These look very like something similar my mum used to make using strawberry jam, must try them with mincemeat - my dad would love them.
Thanks for the recipe.
Yum, they look great! Very similar to the frangipane mince pies I made at Christmas.
Suelle said…
These look really tasty - the macaroon topping is probably a bit lighter than more pastry too!

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