Home made Christmas Mincemeat
Ingredients
- 1 pound cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped 450g
- 8 ounce shredded suet 225g
- 12 ounce raisins 350g
- 8 ounce sultanas 225g
- 8 ounce currants 225g
- 8 ounce whole mixed peel, finely chopped 225g
- 12 ounce soft brown sugar 350g
- 2 oranges, grated rind and juice of
- 2 lemons, grated rind and juice of
- 2 ounce whole almonds, cut into slivers 50g
- 4 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 nutmeg
- 6 tablespoon brandy
Instructions
Just mix all the ingredients, except for the brandy, together in a large bowl very thoroughly. Then cover with a cloth and leave for 12 hours. Place the mincemeat, loosely covered with foil, in a 225F oven for 3 hours. This process slowly melts the suet which coats the rest of the ingredients and prevents fermentation taking place if too much juice seeps from the apples during storage. Then, allow it to get quite cold, stir in the brandy and spoon into clean dry jars. Cover with waxed discs, then seal. Yield: 6 lb