The base is tender and buttery and unlike pastry does not need to be rolled out. Commercial fruit mince filling works well or make your own using this recipe. The topping is light and full of ground almonds.
Christmas Fruit Mince Slice
Ingredients
Base
125gm
butter, melted
1 cup SR
flour 1 cup Plain flour
½ cup
caster sugar
1 egg
Fruit Mince Topping
1 1/2 cups fruit mince*
commercial
or homemade
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Almond Topping
1 cup almond meal / ground almonds
2/3 cup
castor sugar
90 g soft butter
1 egg
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Method
Preheat
oven to 180C. Grease and line deep slice tray.
Combine
all the ingredients for the base, mix well into a dough.
Press
the dough evenly into the prepared tin. Smooth/gently roll a glass across the
top Bake the base for 15 minutes or until the edges are starting to colour and
top is pale golden.
Meanwhile,
make the almond topping.
Cream
or beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add the egg and ground
almonds and mix well.
When
the base is ready, remove from the oven. Spread fruit mince over the base and
then carefully spread the almond topping over the fruit mince.
Return
to oven and bake for 20 minutes until topping has set and is golden brown.
Leave slice to cool in the tin on a wire rack.
Cut
slice up when completely cold.
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