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Quick Mince Pie

A christmas classic, with loads of dried fruit, macerated nuts, bourbon, and citrus peel
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Aging 12 hours
Total Time 13 hours 20 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, European
Servings 1 Pie
Calories 3216 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ea Frozen Pie Crust 9" Thawed
  • 1/4 stick Unsalted Butter cut to tbsp chunks (4)
  • 1 ea Puff Pastry Thawed, Rolled out
  • 1 ea Egg Beat with 1 tbsp water for egg wash

Filling

  • 2.5 cups Fruit Mix Chopped finely
  • 1 ea Apple Peeled, Chopped finely
  • 1 cup Toasted Pecans Minced finely
  • 2 tbsp Lemon zest
  • 1/3 cup Dark Brown Sugar Packed
  • 1/3 cup Bourbon

Instructions
 

Quick Pie

  • In a large bowl, mix the fruit mix, apple, and nuts
  • Add the sugar, zest, and bourbon, cover and set aside. Should be somewhat thick texture
  • Remove pie crust and pastry allow to thaw ~30 minutes
  • Whence the crust is thawed, stir the filling and place in crust. Dot with the butter
  • Roll out Puff pastry and use as lid for the pie, seal well with egg wash, and brush top with egg wash
  • Heat oven to 425, whence heated, place pie on a sheet pan, and on the lowest oven rack
  • Bake 40-50 minutes or until the pastry is a deep golden brown.

Slow pIe

  • In a large bowl mix all filling ingredients, cover and age in fridge for overnight or 12 hours.
  • Remove filling, pie crust and pastry allow to thaw ~30 minutes
  • Whence thawed, stir the filling and place in crust. Dot with the butter
  • Roll out Puff pastry and use as lid for the pie, seal well with egg wash, and brush top with egg wash
  • Heat oven to 425, whence heated, place pie on a sheet pan, and on the lowest oven rack
  • Bake 40-50 minutes or until the pastry is a deep golden brown.

Notes

I've done two versions here, the I have time and want it perfect, and the I want dessert in 90 minutes.
In either case we want a stiff filling texture, if it is slack, add some more fruit mix chopped up, if it is too dry moisten with additional bourbon.
Both are good.  
Yes, this is a dev-ops dessert.  Modular to the max, and with many options to configure...  ;)

Nutrition

Calories: 3216kcalCarbohydrates: 533gProtein: 12gFat: 102gSaturated Fat: 21gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 375mgPotassium: 544mgFiber: 37gSugar: 359gVitamin A: 1217IUVitamin C: 31mgCalcium: 940mgIron: 17mg
Keyword Baked, Follow On, Fruit Mix, Holidays
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