Tutti Frutti Christmas Pies Recipes

TUTTI-FRUTTI

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the butter, milk, almond extract and salt. Gradually stir in confectioners' sugar until a stiff dough is formed. , Turn onto a surface lightly dusted with confectioners' sugar. Knead 15-20 times or until mixture forms a smooth ball. Knead in candied fruit. Shape into 1-in. balls, then roll in almonds. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. , Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

TUTTI FRUTTI COBBLER PIE

Steps:

• To make crust: Cut together flour and butter until crumbly, add sugar and water and quickly mix together into a dough. Roll the dough into a ball and wrap in clingfilm; place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Roll the dough out and line a 24 cm (9") pie dish.
• To make topping: cut together all ingredients until crumbly.
• Filling: Peel fruit if you prefer. Slice or cut into pieces. Sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent them from turning brown.
• Mix together cinnamon, ginger, sugar and dry breadcrumbs. Sprinkle some of the mixture on the dough.
• Layer fruit and spice mixture in the pie dish.
• Sprinkle topping evenly over filling.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until the fruit is tender and the topping has turned golden.
• Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla sauce.

TUTTI FRUTTI CHRISTMAS PIES

Steps:

• To make the filling put all the ingredients into a bowl and mix well together. Cover and leave in the fridge overnight.
• To make the pastry put the flour, icing sugar and butter into a food processor and using the pulse button, process until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add 8-9 tsp's cold water and process until the mixture forms a dough.
• Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Roll out the pastry to 0.5cm thickness and cut out rounds big enough to fully line your tart tin. Fill each tart with a heaped teaspoonful of the fruit mixture. Roll out the marzipan and using a 4cm round cutter, stamp out 18 rounds. Place one on each of the tarts. Bake in the oven for about 12-15 mins until crisp and golden brown. Sprinkle with icing or caster sugar before serving warm.