Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, christmas mincemeat. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Christmas Mincemeat is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Christmas Mincemeat is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have christmas mincemeat using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Christmas Mincemeat:
- Prepare 8 Ounces apples bramley , coarsely grated
- Make ready 4 Ounces suet , shredded
- Get 6 Ounces raisins
- Prepare 4 Ounces sultanas
- Prepare 4 Ounces berries dried mixed
- Get 4 Ounces citrus candied peel , chopped
- Prepare 6 Ounces dark brown sugar soft
- Take 1 orange , grated zest and juice
- Make ready 1 lemon , grated zest and juice
- Make ready 1 Ounce almond slivers
- Prepare 2 Teaspoons allspice , ground
- Prepare 1/4 Teaspoon cinnamon , ground
- Make ready 1/4 Teaspoon nutmeg , ground
- Make ready 3 Tablespoons brandy
Instructions to make Christmas Mincemeat:
- Combine all the ingredients except the brandy in a large glass bowl. (note: i didnt have suet so i used crisco instead, and the results were pretty good!)
- Mix well and cover with a cloth (cheesecloth, teatowels, anything is fine). leave it overnight so the flavours have a chance to meld together well.
- Preheat the oven to 120 degrees C.
- Remove the cloth covering and cover the bowl loosely with foil.
- Place in the oven for a good 3 hours (at least).
- Remove from the oven. the mixture will look like its positively drowning in fat, and thats exactly what we're after.
- Let the mixture cool to room temperature. as it is cooling, stir it every 15 minutes or so. what this does is it distributes the fats evenly so that it coats all the ingredients as it cools.
- When the mixture has cooled to room temperature, add the brandy and stir well to combine.
- Store in sterilised glass jars. it can be kept for months in a clean, well sterilised jar in a cool, dark place (no need to refrigerate).
- Its perfect for gifting too! put it in small artisan jars with metal lids, and tie a festive ribbon around the rim of the bottle.
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