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Christmas party food is important for people who need to follow a free from diet. Here is a popular choice for most parties and the pastry worked out really well and was fairly easy to make.

Ingredients

• 200g Plain flour
• 150g butter
• 1/2 teaspoon Xanthan gum
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 50mls water
• Flour to use to roll out the pastry
• 500g low fat pork mince
• 2 Sprigs parsley
• 2 Sprigs thyme
• 1 Sprig rosemary
• 2 sprigs oregano
• Egg
• Salt to taste

Method

• Sieve flour, Baking powder, xanthan gum and salt into a bowl, mix.
• Weigh out the butter and divide into three.
• Rub 1/3 of the butter into the flour and then add the water.
• Bring the ingredients together and roll into a rectangle, mark out into three sections – to the bottom 2/3 and add blobs of butter to the dough.
• Bring the bottom 1/3 of the pastry over the middle third and then fold over the top third. Rotate a quarter turn, roll and repeat the above at least three times.
• Rest for 30 minutes before use.
• Add the pork to a bowl and season.
• Chop the herbs and add to a blender with the pork mince,
• Remove the pastry from the fridge and roll out. Add a line of pork mince and fold over the pastry.
• Cut the pastry and wash with egg wash before using.
• Cook in an oven gas mark 6, 220 degrees C.
• Better served warm.

Enjoy!

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Julie

I am a state registered dietitian and advisor to The IBS Network, the UK charity for people with irritable bowel syndrome. My specialty is dietary treatment of gut disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome, crohns disease, ulcerative colitis, coeliac disease, lactose & fructose malabsorption and complex food intolerances. I also have experience in dietetic treatment of people who have bariatric surgery and weight management.