Mince pie snowballs recipe
Make Christmas Eve extra-special with these snowball-shaped treats. A twist on mince pies and sherry, Santa will love these sweets… and so will Mum and Dad.
See method- Makes 10
- 30 mins to prepare
- 229 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 6-pack Tesco Finest all-butter pastry mince pies
- 1½ Tesco Finest cream sherry
- 2 tbsp Tesco Finest cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp icing sugar
- 50g diced, softened unsalted butter
- 25g desiccated coconut
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 960kJ 229.0kcal
- Fat
- 12g
- Saturates
- 8g
- Salt
- 0.1g
- Sugars
- 18g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 27.0gProtein 2.4gFibre 2.2g
Method
- Prise open the tops of a 6-pack Tesco Finest all-butter pastry mince pies and scoop out the filling into a small bowl.Stir in 1½ tsp Tesco Finest cream sherry and set aside.
- Put the pastry tops and cases in a food processor with 2 tbsp Tesco Finest cocoa powder and 3 tbsp icing sugar; pulse to fine crumbs, retaining a little texture. Add 50g diced, softened unsalted butter and pulse until the mixture starts to clump together.
- Roll about 30g pastry mixture into a ball (if it’s a little dry, knead a little between your palms fi rst), then fl atten into a disc. Spoon a scant tsp of sherry mincemeat in the centre, pull up the sides to enclose the filling, then roll between your palms to make a ball. Repeat with the remaining mixture to make 10 balls.
- Roll each ball again, with slightly damp hands, then roll in 25g desiccated coconut to coat. The snowballs can be served at room temperature or from the fridge.
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