Fruited mince pie (l a times)

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2⅔ cup Fruit mincemeat or 1 (28-oz) jar ready-to-use
2 cups Peeled and coarsely chopped fresh pears or canned peaches, drained
¼ cup Light rum
½ cup Chopped pecans or English walnuts
Pastry for 9-inch pie, plus pastry for lattice or cut- out shapes for top of pie
Milk
Sugar
Formatted by Manny Rothstein

Directions

Combine mincemeat, pears, rum and pecans. Line pie pan with pastry and spoon in filling. Top with lattice crust or with decorative rounds of pastry cut out of dough with cookie cutters (stars, scalloped-edge circles or others). Brush top of each round with small amount of milk and sprinkle each with little sugar to promote browning.

Bake pie at 450 degrees 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 400 degrees and bake 35 to 40 minutes longer, or until filling bubbles around edges and crust is lightly browned.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Copyright Los Angeles Times, November 16, 1995. By Marilyn Kluger, Special to The Times

Submitted By MANNY ROTHSTEIN On 11-25-95

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