Minced Pie Tiffin

Ingredients

100g unsalted nuts

140g dried fruit

125g butter

100g golden syrup

2 tbsp fruit juice

20g cocoa

Zest of 1 orange

Pinch salt

150g chocolate, broken into bits

4 mince pies

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C, fan 180°C, gas 6.
2. Toast the nuts for 5 mins in a hot pan then leave to cool.
3. Put approximately half (80g) of the dried fruit and the juice into a small bowl and leave to soak. Roughly chop the rest of dried fruit and set aside for the topping.
4. Line a 20cm square cake tin or baking dish with non- stick paper.
5. Put the butter, syrup, cocoa, orange zest and a pinch of salt in a large saucepan and heat gently, stirring until smooth. Stir in the chopped chocolate, remove from the heat and leave to fully melt.
6. Stir in the soaked fruits, the nuts and finally the broken mince pies, fold all together gently. Tip into the lined tin and level off. Put in the fridge and allow to set for 1 hour. Cut into squared to serve.