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Slice of Airfryer Mincemeat Tart with cream

Air Fryer Mincemeat Tart

Janice Pattie
Air Fryer Mincemeat Tart combines crisp shortcrust pastry with a deep filling of delicious spicy mincemeat. It's like a great big Christmas mince pie and you can bake it in your air fryer!
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Baking, Dessert
Cuisine British
Servings 8
Calories 432 kcal

Equipment

  • Air Fryer
  • Large bowl
  • blunt knife
  • 18 cm ( 7 in) loose based tart or flan tin
  • Pastry brush
  • Aluminium Foil

Ingredients
 

For the pastry

  • 200 grams plain flour all-purpose
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 120 grams butter
  • 2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar
  • 1 medium egg
  • 2 tbsp water approximately

To Assemble

  • 500 grams mincemeat 1 ½ jars ready made
  • 1 tbsp Brandy optional
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 2 tbsp flaked almonds
  • 1 tbsp Icing (confectioners) sugar

Instructions
 

For the pastry

  • 200 grams plain flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 120 grams butter
    Put the flour, salt and butter into a food processor.
    flour and butter in food processor
  • 2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar
    Process until the mix resembles fine bread crumbs. Add the caster sugar.
    food processor pastry crumb
  • 1 medium egg, 2 tbsp water
    Add the egg and 1 tbsp of the water and process again. if the mixture still seems dry add the extra tbsp of water and process until the mixture starts to clump together.
    food processor pastry coming together
  • Bring the pastry together with your hands and place in a plastic bag or wrap in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 20 minutes to rest.
    Ball of pastry in cling wrap
  • Cut the pastry into two pieces 1/3 and 2/3. Use 2/3 to line the tart tin. Dust the surface of your work top and your rolling pin with a little flour and roll out the pastry.
    roll out pastry

To assemble the Air Fryer Mincemeat

  • Line your tart tin with the pastry and trim any excess from the edges.
    Air Fryer Mincemeat Tart line tart tin with pastry
  • 1 tbsp Brandy, 500 grams mincemeat
    Mix the brandy into the mincemeat, if using. Fill the pastry case with mincemeat. You do not have to blind bake the pastry case.
  • 1 tbsp milk
    Brush the edge of the pastry with a little milk.
  • Roll out the 1/3 piece of pastry and place it over the mincemeat. Trim off the excess pastry.
  • Pinch the edges with your thumb and forefinger to seal the pastry case.
  • 2 tbsp flaked almonds
    Brush the top of the tart with milk and sprinkle over the flaked almonds.
  • Pre heat your air fryer (if required)
  • Place the tart into the Air Fryer and set at 180C/ 350F for 30 minutes.
  • After 10 minutes cover the top of the tart with a piece of aluminium foil to prevent the almonds from burning.
  • After 30 minutes remove the drawer of the air fryer or open the lid and leave to cool for 20 minutes before lifting the tart from the air fryer.
  • Carefully run a knife around the edge of the tart, then place the loose base on a jam jar and the tin should ease away. Slide the tart off the base with a spatula and place it on a serving plate.
    Air fryer mincemeat tart sitting on jar
  • 1 tbsp Icing (confectioners) sugar
    Dust with icing sugar and serve warm with cream for dessert or at room temperature with tea or coffee.
    slice of Air Fryer Mincemeat tart

Notes

If you don't want to or don't have time to make your own pastry, then use ready-made shortcrust pastry. 

Getting the tart tin out of your air fryer

The tart tin is a snug fit in my air fryer and I need to use my hands without oven gloves to remove it.  My solution is to leave it in the drawer until it is cool enough to lift out.  However, if you are in a hurry and don't want to wait until the tart cools, then make two long folded strips of aluminium foil and form them in a cross at the bottom of the tin.  The ends should come up above the tart tin.  You can then lift the tin out using this 'cradle'. 

To bake in the oven 

Pre heat the oven to 190c/170c Fan/375F and bake for 35-40 minutes 
 

Nutrition

Calories: 432kcalCarbohydrates: 71gProtein: 5gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 53mgSodium: 600mgPotassium: 59mgFiber: 2gSugar: 47gVitamin A: 408IUCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg