Spoon 1 tablespoon of mincemeat about 5cm in from the front right-hand corner, then dollop a tablespoon of ice-cream on top. Starting from the same corner, roll the pastry over twice, working away ...

Benjamina's mince pie pastry is just short and crumbly enough ... Serve with your choice of brandy butter, cream or ice cream. You can stretch out the recipe a little further by cutting star ...