James Martin festive mince pies with brandy and dried mulberries recipe on This Morning

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.