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Mincemeat RecipeMakes about 1.5 litres 500g (1lb 20z) raisins 250g (9oz) sultanas 250g (9oz) currants 125g (4oz) candied peel, chopped 350g (12oz) soft brown sugar juice and finely grated zest of 1 lemon juice and finely grated zest of 1 orange 2 Bramley apples, cored and diced 250g ((90z) suet (can use the vegetarian sort) 50g (2oz) blanched almonds, roughly chopped 75g (3 oz) glace cherries, roughly chopped 1 teaspoon mixed spice 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 0.5 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 150ml (0.25 pint) brandy 1 Mix everything together (except the brandy) in a very large non-metallic bowl. Cover with a clean tea-towel and leave overnight 2 Next day pre-heat the oven to a low heat (110C/225F/Gas Mark 1/4) Remove the tea-towel from the bowl and replace with foil. Put the bowl in the oven for about 3 hours or until the suet has melted. Remove from the oven and allow to cool, stirring occasionally. 3 When completely cold, stir in the brandy and pack into warm sterilised jars and seal. It should keep for years and melting the suet coats everything so the apples shouldn't ferment, but I tend to store mine in the fridge just in case. I've got some there that I made to a similar method in 2008 Or, how about this one ---------------------? Exotic Mincemeat with Rum 1kg (2lb 4oz) mixed, exotic dried fruits, including pineapple, mango, figs, peaches, apricots and papaya, chopped into small dice 50g (2oz) desiccated coconut 350g (12oz) dark muscovado sugar juice and finely grated zest of 1 lemon juice and finely grated zest of 1 orange 1 Bramley apple, cored and coarsly grated 250g (9oz) suet (can use the vegetarian sort) 50g (2oz) blanched almonds, roughly chopped 1 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 150ml (1/4 pint) dark rum The method is the same as for the "standard" mincemeat
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Thanks MrsH! I'm going to copy those and print them off. |
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I read this with interest, and thought to myself... surely you cannot feed that to the cat!!! Had a bit of a daft moment...now that I have recovered - I think I might save this to try out for human consumption of course!!  |
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 Ooops, forgot to add that of course the bowl needs to be ceramic, glass or earthenware as it's going in the oven! |
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