Mince Pie Recipe

Ingredients Of Mince Pie

• 350 gm flour
• 225 gm butter 
• caster sugar 
• Salt to taste 

For mince meat: 

• 100 gm raisins 
• 100 gm currants 
• 50 gm moist sugar 
• 50 gm citron 
• 20 gm candied lemon peel 
• 20 gm candied orange peel 
• 5 gm nutmeg 
• 1 apple (chopped) 
• 30 ml lemon juice 
• 2 lemon rind 
• 100 ml brandy 

How to Make Mince Pie

• Mix all the ingredients for mincemeat together and use it as mincemeat. 
• To make the pastry, rub 225g cold, diced butter into 350g plain flour and mix in 100g golden caster sugar with a pinch of salt. 
• Combine the pastry into a ball (don't add liquid) and knead it briefly. 
• The dough will be fairly firm, you can use the dough immediately, or refrigerate it for later use. 
• Preheat the oven to 180C as well as line patty tins. 
• Add small sized balls of pastry into each hole and spoon mincemeat into the pies. 
• Now take slightly smaller balls of pastry than before and pat them in between your hands to make round lids, big enough to cover the pies. 
• Top the pies with their lids, pressing the edges gently together to seal, (The pies may now be frozen for up to 1 month). 
• Brush the top of the pies with milk and bake for 20 minutes until golden. 
• Leave it to cool in the tin for 5 minutes and remove it on a wire rack. 
• To serve, lightly dust it with icing sugar.
  
  Key Ingredients: flour, mincemeat, butter, brandy and lemon juice

Banana and Almond Porridge

Method:

• Gather all the ingredients.
• Soak the oats in water for a few minutes, and in another bowl soak chia seeds in water for 10 minutes.
• In a pan over medium flame, heat up the milk and add banana, dates, almonds and cinnamon.
• Add the saffron thread to the milk. After 30 seconds, add the oats and cook with the milk.
• After 1 minute, when the porridge is the right consistency and oats are cooked through, remove the pan from flame and pour the porridge into a serving bowl.
• Stir honey through the porridge and garnish with chia seeds.

Ingredients

• 1./4 cup oats
• 1 tsp chia seeds
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 banana (chopped)
• 1 Tbsp dates (chopped)
• 2 tsp almonds (sliced)
• 2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1 thread of saffron
• 1 Tbsp of honey

"The traditional oats recipe gets a nutty and fruity twist."

Key Ingredients: 

Oats, Chia seeds, Milk, Banana, Dates, Almonds, Cinnamon Powder, Saffron and Honey.

Mixed Sprouts Corn Chaat

Method

• Soak the sprouts overnight and next morning pressure cook it for around 10-15 minutes. Strain well.
• Now in as bowl, combine all the ingredients together and serve. Simple to prepare, easy to consume.

Key Ingredients:

• 15g mixed sprouts, boiled 
• 15g corn, boiled 
• 1 tomato, finely chopped 
• 1 onion, finely chopped 
• 1 Tbsp coriander chutney 
• Half tsp cumin powder 
• Half tsp red chilli powder or paprika 
• Salt to taste 
• A handful pomegranate seeds, to garnish 
• A handful freshly chopped coriander leaves, to garnish

Craving for chaat? Try this healthy sprouts and corn chaat recipe. Full of proteins, Vitamin K, dietary fiber, Vitamin C, and Folate, this recipe is a storehouse of nutrients.