Iced mince wreath

  • Portion size: Serves about 20
  • Takes 10 minutes to make, 20-25 minutes to cook, plus chilling
  • Difficulty: easy

This cake not only makes a change from mince pies, the wreath looks great on your Christmas table – perfect for sharing. Use ready-made pastry and mincemeat to make it really quick and easy.

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Ingredients

  • 425g pack ready-rolled puff pastry sheets
  • Flour for dusting
  • 300g mincemeat (use ready-made or see know-how)
  • 25g flaked toasted almonds
  • Grated zest of ½ lemon and 1 orange
  • 1 medium free-range egg, beaten
  • 4 tbsp icing sugar
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Unroll the pastry sheets on a lightly floured surface.
  2. Spread the mincemeat over both pastry sheets, leaving a 2cm border. Scatter over the almonds and zest.
  3. Starting from the longer edge of each pastry sheet, roll into a swiss roll shape. Brush with beaten egg. Cut into 20 x 2-3cm thick rounds and place flat on a baking sheet, butting them together to make a circular wreath shape. Chill for 20 minutes.
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  5. Remove from the fridge and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and puffed. Carefully remove to a wire rack to cool a little.
  6. Mix the icing sugar with enough water to make a thin icing, then drizzle over the wreath. Serve warm.

Nutrition

  • 145kcals Calories
  • 6.7g (2.5g saturated) Fat
  • 2g Protein
  • 20.6g (12.2g sugar) Carbs
  • 0.2g Salt

Quick wins & tips

Open-freeze the assembled uncooked wreath until solid. Wrap well and freeze for up to a month. Defrost completely before baking.

If you want to make a bow for the wreath, cut 2 strips of pastry, fold one to make the loops, then use the other to make the knot.

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