Christmas Mincemeat
Christmas Mincemeat

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, christmas mincemeat. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Christmas Mincemeat is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Christmas Mincemeat is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have christmas mincemeat using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Christmas Mincemeat:
  1. Take 8 Ounces apples bramley , coarsely grated
  2. Take 4 Ounces suet , shredded
  3. Take 6 Ounces raisins
  4. Make ready 4 Ounces sultanas
  5. Prepare 4 Ounces berries dried mixed
  6. Prepare 4 Ounces citrus candied peel , chopped
  7. Get 6 Ounces dark brown sugar soft
  8. Get 1 orange , grated zest and juice
  9. Make ready 1 lemon , grated zest and juice
  10. Take 1 Ounce almond slivers
  11. Make ready 2 Teaspoons allspice , ground
  12. Prepare 1/4 Teaspoon cinnamon , ground
  13. Prepare 1/4 Teaspoon nutmeg , ground
  14. Make ready 3 Tablespoons brandy
Steps to make Christmas Mincemeat:
  1. 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!)
  2. 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.
  3. Preheat the oven to 120 degrees C.
  4. Remove the cloth covering and cover the bowl loosely with foil.
  5. Place in the oven for a good 3 hours (at least).
  6. Remove from the oven. the mixture will look like its positively drowning in fat, and thats exactly what we're after.
  7. 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.
  8. When the mixture has cooled to room temperature, add the brandy and stir well to combine.
  9. 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).
  10. 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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