James Martin served up delicious festive mince pies with brandy, candied chestnuts and dried mulberries on This Morning.

The ingredients for the shortcrust pastry are: 400g plain flour, 200g butter, salt, 2 eggs and Water if needed.

For the filling: 500g mixture of raisins, currants and sultana, 85g dried cranberries, 85g dried mulberries, 85g dried grapes, 85g mixed peel, 150ml brandy, 175g suet, 100g fresh or frozen cranberry , roughly chopped, 200g soft brown sugar, 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon and ½ tsp ground nutmeg.

To serve: Clotted cream.

See recipes by James in his book titled: James Martin’s Islands to Highlands: 80 Fantastic Recipes from Around the British Isles (with foreword by Tom Kerridge) available from Amazon now.