Heat oven to 180ºC. Grease a 12 cup muffin tray.
In a bowl, combine fruit mince, cinnamon, brandy, grated apple, chopped almonds, orange zest and dark chocolate chunks.
Roll pastry out until roughly 3mm thick. Using a 12cm cookie cutter, cut 12 pastry circles and press into muffin tray. Cut 12 stars, or other shape, for the top of the pies. Spoon fruit mince mixture into pastry bases then top with pastry stars. Brush with whisked egg and bake for 13-16 minutes or until lightly golden.
Leave to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before placing on a wire rack. Dust with icing sugar just before serving.
Note: If using flaky pastry, they will look very puffed up when they first come out of the oven. Don’t worry, they will settle back down slightly.
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