Autumn Puff Pastry Mincemeat Trees

A few weeks back when we were all planning on our Christmas menu, a colleague at work who loves her sweet baking shared a link with me for a very easy, yet very impressive recipe that would Wow guests.  It was simple enough, spread between two sheets of ready rolled puff pastry is a sweet (chocolate and hazelnut, fruit jams) or savoury (pesto, cheese) spread, then the pastry is shaped into a tree - an edible tree that is, where the tree branches are twisted for breaking off and enjoying.  I can only describe this a bit like a Danish pastry without the sugar icing.   I loved the look of the recipe, the fun aspects as well as the ease of making it, so picked up some puff pastry with intentions of making it for unexpected visitors, but sadly we didn't have many guests over the festive period... 

Then New Year came and I was given the opportunity to make it. 

Even though mine did not turn out as elegant as that featured in the link below and looked more like a Autumnal Tree, I was still pretty impressed with my effort.  I also loved the Welsh Lady's Christmas Mincemeat that had been in my cupboards for over a year. It was surprisingly jammy, unlike some jarred mincemeat that are dry and best shared with the garden birds. Saying that, we did share some of the leftovers of this Autumn Tree Twists with the garden birds.   

For the recipe follow this link.  For the filling I used a jar of Welsh Lady's Christmas Mincemeat (vegetarian) with Brandy & Sherry.  I am hoping to make another with Cheddar Cheese and Welsh Lady Roasted Chestnut Chutney.

Couple of other recipes to use up fruit mincemeat jars. 
Apple and mincemeat Crumble Tart
Fruit Mincemeat Flapjacks
I am sharing this with Credit Crunch Munch hosted by hosted by Fuss Free Flavours and Fab Food For All.