Stea Combi Recipe: Christmas Mince Filo Bites

These easy-to-make sweet treats, are a Christmas take on a baklava style of dessert. Instead of being filled with nuts, Christmas fruit mince is added and orange syrup completes the dish.
These are a great alternative to the more traditional Christmas mince pie.

METHOD

1. In a saucepan, place fruit mince and juice of half an orange and the grated rind from both oranges, and heat on low until the mixture becomes very soft.
2. Take 4 sheets of filo pastry and place them on top of each other, brushing melted butter between each layer.
3. Spread half the fruit mince mixture thinly over the filo stack leaving 5 cm free at the top but going as close as possible to other edges.
4. Sprinkle with one-third of the chopped nuts.
5. Roll tightly from the wide end into a long log shape and brush with more melted butter.
6. Cut into 8cm pieces and lay close together in a baking paper-lined tin. (I cut my pieces on an angle for more interest but you can also cut them into straight pieces.
7. Repeat with the second set of filo.
8. Preheat oven to  180C Steam + Hot air/Circulaire, medium humidity(Steam Combi level 2 in Asko) for 20 minutes or until crisp and golden.
9. While the pastries are cooking make a syrup in the saucepan with the remaining orange juice, and honey and cook until slightly thickened.
10. Pour syrup over the pastries as soon as they come out of the oven and sprinkle with the remaining nuts.