Name: Zesty mincemeat
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Makes 1.3kg
Cuisine: English
Ingredients: 500g bag standard mixed dried fruit; 100g chopped candied peel; 200g light muscovado sugar; zest and juice 1 orange and 1 lemon; 175g coarsley grated Bramley apple and 100g finely grated Bramley apple; 3 tbsp brandy; ½ nutmeg freshly grated; 100g beef or vegetarian suet; up to 1 tbsp ground almond optional

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Zesty mincemeat

Zesty mincemeat

Sara Buenfeld

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Makes 1.3kg

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

plus soaking overnight- no cook

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This coarse traditional mincemeat doesn't require any cooking- just throw in your nutmeg, brandy and suet and leave to soak

Freezable

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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500g bag standard mixed dried fruit
100g chopped candied peel
200g light muscovado sugar
zest and juice 1 orange and 1 lemon
175g coarsley grated Bramley apple

and 100g finely grated Bramley apple
3 tbsp brandy
½ nutmeg

freshly grated
100g beef or vegetarian suet
up to 1 tbsp ground almond

optional

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Nutrition: per tbsp

kcal40
fat1g
saturates1g
carbs7g
sugars7g
fibre0g
protein0g
salt0g

Method

step 1

Tip all the ingredients, except the suet and ground almonds, into a large bowl and stir really well. Stir in the suet, cover with a plate or cling film and leave overnight for the fruit to plump up in the juices and brandy.
step 2

Next day, stir thoroughly again, and if the mixture still looks very juicy, add a sprinkling of ground almonds to absorb some of the liquid. Now it is ready to jar. The mincemeat will keep for 6 months, but once open, store in the fridge.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2013

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