Un mince pie ( ‘pastel de carne picada’, a veces también minced, minced meat o mincemeat pie) o pastel de picadillo de fruta, es un pastel dulce festivo del Reino Unido, consumido tradicionalmente en la época de Navidad y Año Nuevo. Los mince pies suele tener una cubierta de masa, pero existen también versiones sin ella, conocidas como mince tarts (‘tartaleta de picadillo’). Los mince pies se rellenan con mincemeat (originalmente carne picada y sazonada), una conserva hecha típicamente con manzana, fruta seca como pasas y sultanas, especias y sebo o manteca vegetal. Los mince pies modernos no suelen contener carne, pero como el sebo es manteca de ternera u oveja cruda, las versiones que lo contienen no son aptas para vegetarianos. Los mince pies individuales suelen tener 6–7,5 cm de diámetro, aunque también se elaborar piezas mayores, que deben cortarse en porciones para servirlas. En algunos países, el término mince pie alude exclusivamente a los pasteles hechos de carne picada (minced meat), por lo que los elaborados con fruta se llaman Christmas mince pies (‘pasteles de picadillo navideños’).

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A mince pie is a fruit-based mincemeat sweet pie of British origin that is traditionally served during the Christmas season in the English-speaking world. Its ingredients are traceable to the 13th century, when returning European crusaders brought with them Middle Eastern recipes containing meats, fruits and spices. The early mince pie was known by several names, including mutton pie, shrid pie and Christmas pie. Typically its ingredients were a mixture of minced meat, suet, a range of fruits, and spices such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Served around Christmas, the savoury Christmas pie (as it became known) was associated with supposed Catholic "idolatry" and during the English Civil War was frowned on by the Puritan authorities. Nevertheless, the tradition of eating Christmas pie in December continued through to the Victorian era, although by then its recipe had become sweeter and its size reduced markedly from the large oblong shape once observed. Today the mince pie remains a popular seasonal treat enjoyed by many across the United Kingdom.

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