Festive Pies - Gluten Free Copycat McDonalds Recipe
In my McDonalds copycat Festive Pies Recipe, I make sure you get all the delicious winter warming flavours of spices, rich fruit and vanilla custard, only these are gluten free and safe for Coeliacs. Perfect comfort food this festive season, also with dairy-filled tips in not dairy free.
Servings: 6 pies
Calories: 71kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- Jus-Rol Gluten Free Puff
For the mincemeat filling
- 80 g mincemeat check for may contains
For the vanilla custard
- 1 level tbsp Birds original custard powder see notes if allergic to dairy
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 60 ml dairy free milk or normal milk
For the glaze
- 2 tbsp dairy free milk or normal milk
- 1 tbsp light brown sugar
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
Instructions
To make the vanilla custard
- Start by making your custard, to do this add the custard powder and sugar to a jug and mix with a small whisk to combine.
- Add a little of your milk (milk alternative) to make a paste then add the remaining milk.
- Hob Instructions: Pour the custard liquid into a small milk pan and heat gently until the custard begins to thicken. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature whilst preparing the puff pastry.Microwave Instructions: Heat for 20 second blasts until the custard begins to thicken. Whisk with a small whisk and stand aside as above while you set to work on the pastry.
To build the pie
- Cut your gluten free puff pastry into 6 equal sized squares.
- Brush the edges with some of the 'milk', this will help the festive pies to seal.
- Add a small amount of cooled vanilla custard to the centre of each pastry square. Next add a couple of teaspoons of mincemeat on top of the custard.TOP TOP: do not overfill, the pies will burst open on baking if you do.
- Now gently fold the edges over to create a small overlap and roll the whole pie over so the sealed side is faced down. Press very gently to flatten a little.
- Finally, take a fork and seal the ends of each festive pie.
To glaze the pies
- Brush all 6 pies liberally with 'milk' and sprinkle with the combined sugars, be liberal with this stage so you get that authentic looking crust to each pie.
- Place on a lined baking sheet and pop into a preheated hot oven at 220°C | 200°C fan | 425°F | Gas 7 for 20 minutes. Keep an eye on the pies as these brown really well.
- Remove once beautifully golden and place on a cooling rack for 5-10 minutes before eating - these are HOT!
Notes
Make your own apple sauce
You can cheat, I won't mind, and buy the apple sauce/puree or you can make your own.
Simply peel, core and chop 2 dessert apples. Add these apples to a saucepan with a tablespoon of water and gently stew with a lid on until the apple has broken down.
Even better, use Bramley apples as these break down so easily - only issue is they a far less sweet alternative so may find you need to sweeten to your own taste.
Air Fried Version – Same as above really, add to your air frier (probably 3 at a time but will vary depending on size of frier) and air fry for 15-20 minutes. Just keep checking in on them and spoon away any excess fat if necessary.
Nutrition
Calories: 71kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.03g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 0.4mg | Sodium: 83mg | Potassium: 25mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 59IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 0.1mg