mince pie alternative

[madame]

does anyone have any ideas on an alternative recipe for small festive pies. My husband loves pastry but not mincemeat.

Any thoughts....

lemon curd tarts sprinkled with icing sugar and some small strawberries. Simple and quite nice.

apple pie

agree with apple pies - with spices

Ooh yes apple pie and put a bit of allspice or similar and perhaps mixed fruit/peel to make them a bit more festive.

Maids of honour - pastry base, raspberry jam and then an almondy sponge on top; lovely. Or similar but with a coconutty type sponge on top.

Cranberry pies - keep it festive.

Jam tarts? You could cut out Christmassy shapes of pastry for the top.

x-post mylittleponey!

Janeite, what do you mean by almondy sponge as this sounds nice

cod had a fab recipe from good housekeeping - buy ready-rolled puff pastry, brsh with egg, sugar, cinnamon etc, roll up, slice to make cinnamon whirl things
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onepiece

Like bakewell tarts I think - something like this (although I haven't tried this one):

bakingforbritain.blogspot.com/2006/06/bakewell-puddingtart-derbyshire.html

Stop now. I have some ready made pastry in the freezer and you are making me want to go and bake...

thank you everyone, not sure what I am missing onepieceoflollipop by what you mean x-post mylittleponey!

'x-post' means 'cross-posted' - someone else (in this case mylittleponey) had the same idea and posted it while onepiecepflollipop was still typing her post...

make your own spicy mix with dried apricots cranberries and blueberries and chopped nuts and cinnamon or cloves.mix with a little redcurrant jelly
buy wanton pastry and make little wantons or parcels.or line a bun tin with well buttered layers of wanton or filo squares and fill with your own mix
can also do this with brie or goast cheese for a savoury version

make baklava

sorry but am roffling at wanton pastry - am imagining it flirting shamelessly with the sausages in bacon and flashing its cleavage at the mincemeat...

wonton

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Wanton pastry! Love it! especially as these are ideas for you to make for your husband!

Baklava is gorgeous - I've never made it at Christmas time but I can imagine it going very well with the general air of greediness and desire for sweetness that seems to happen at this time of year.

oh i am a dick am aughing at myself now.FFS

love the idea of wanton pastry.dh now wants it too.
Rofl

When it comes to small festive pies - Mince Pies have the market cornered i'm afraid

Made mince pies yesterday and dh came home and said myn were the nicest he has ever tasted

so much for not liking them but thank you for the ideas, definately going to try the bakewell tart ones...