Mincemeat tarts (also known as mince pies in the UK) are a rich pastry generally associated with festive occasions, specifically Christmas and New Year's Eve. Originally, mince pies contained mincemeat: a mixture of meat, suet, dried fruit and spices, often with brandy, but today they usually omit the meat and are made with fruitmince.

Tarts or pies usually still contain suet, also vegetarian versions are also commercially available.

A British tradition associated with mincemeat tarts says that eating one a day on each of the twelve days of Christmas will ensure a happy following year [1] (http://www.canoe.ca/LifewiseFoodGood00/1214_cookie_cp.html) and that one should be left for Father Christmas as thanks for his delivery of gifts.

Several Mince pie recipes can be found in the Wikimedia Cookbook.