Put all the ingredients for the mincemeat except the walnuts into a pan and simmer with a lid for 35-40 minutes, until the fruit is all soft and the liquid has disappeared.

Mix in the chopped walnuts.

To make the pastry, mix the salt into the flour in a bowl, add the oil and mix well with the flour.

Add 1 tbsp of cold water at a time until you get a stiff dough.

Put the dough in the fridge for an hour or two, then bring out and roll out to about 1/8 inch or 3mm thick.

Use a larger pastry cutter to cut 12 bases, and then a smaller cutter to cut 12 pie tops. When you have cut as many as possible you will need to combine all the bits left over into a ball and roll out again, to cut more pieces.

Lightly oil a bun tray and put in the pie bases.

Put a spoonful of cooked mincemeat into each.

Wet the edges of the tops so that they stick to the bases, put them on the top of the pies and pinch the edges of the pastry together.

When they are done spread them out to cool, and then enjoy with Oatly or soya cream.