9 orange christmas pies Recipes

butter, chilled and cut into cubes, plain flour, plus extra for dusting, light brown sugar, orange , zest of, finely grated, good quality mincemeat , preferably home-made, cold butter, plain flour, light brown sugar, almonds, finely chopped, icing sugar , for dusting

sugar, divided, butter, melted, pumpkin pie spice, grated orange rind, pecan halves

shredded beef suet (or grated butter) or 2 cups shredded vegetable suet (or grated butter), light brown sugar, raisins, cooking apples, currants, candied lemon peel, candied orange peel, citrus mixed candied peel, ground nutmeg, mace, almond essence, blanched almonds, brandy or 2 tbsp apple juice, lemon , juice and rind of, sherry wine

olive oil, onion, peeled and finely chopped, smoked streaky bacon, chopped or, 50 g smoked lardons, pork sausage or 500 g skinned s, lemon , zest of, grated, orange , zest of, grated, fresh brown breadcrumbs, ready-to-eat dried apricots, chopped, fresh cooked peeled chestnuts or 50 g canned chestnuts or 50 g vacuum-packed chestnuts, chopped, chopped fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme, fresh cranberries or 100 g frozen cranberries, boneless skinless chicken breasts, salt and pepper, ready-made shortcrust pastry or 500 g home-made shortcrust pastry, beaten egg , to glaze

butter, chilled and cut in cubes, plain flour, plus extra for dusting, light brown sugar, orange , zest of, finely grated, good quality mincemeat, preferably homemade, cold butter, flour, light brown sugar, almonds, finely chopped, icing sugar , for dusting

sucre , recipe follows, pippin or granny smith apples, unsalted butter, sugar, calvados, brandy, heavy cream, chopped dried prunes, chopped dried apricots, chopped dried figs, lemon juice, ground cinnamon, lemon zest, orange zest, freshly grated nutmeg, egg white, very lightly whisked, crystallized sugar, cake or pastry flour, sugar, unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small pieces, egg yolks, heavy cream

butter, softened, unsweetened chocolate, sugar, eggs, beaten well, vanilla, all-purpose flour, cream cheese, softened, sugar, peppermint extract or 1/2 tsp cherry extract or 1/2 tsp orange extract or 1/2 tsp lemon extract (use whatever you like to go with whatever color you want), red/pink for valentine s day, green for st. patrick s day, red or green for christmas, blue for ha), non-dairy whipped topping, thawed (cool whip), semi-sweet chocolate chips or 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips, melted (optional)