Put the first 10 ingredients into a large bowl. Macerate in the fridge for 24hr.
Step 2
Whiz half the mixture to a purée in a food processor, then return to the bowl and mix well with the remaining half.
Step 3
Preheat oven to 220ºC (200ºC fan) mark 7. Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface and stamp out 20 stars with a 7cm (2¾in) cutter. Re-roll the remaining pastry and cut out 16 more stars. Fill 18 stars with ½tsp mincemeat each, brush edges with beaten egg, then put another star on top. Press edges to seal and put pies on a greased baking sheet.
Step 4
Bake for 10-12min. Cool on a wire rack, then dust with icing sugar to serve.
Freeze your mincemeat
The mincemeat recipe makes enough for at least three more batches of mincemeat stars, and it will keep for up to a month in a sterilised jar in the fridge.
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