Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, christmas mincemeat. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Christmas Mincemeat is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Christmas Mincemeat is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
Christmas in Britain just cannot be without mince pies. Mincemeat is as traditional as the day itself, even though the pies are eaten from early November onwards—with some starting even earlier. This is my Luxury Sweet Mincemeat Recipe that turns mince pies into something special. Go on give yourself a treat this Christmas.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have christmas mincemeat using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Christmas Mincemeat:
- Take 8 Ounces apples bramley , coarsely grated
- Prepare 4 Ounces suet , shredded
- Get 6 Ounces raisins
- Make ready 4 Ounces sultanas
- Take 4 Ounces berries dried mixed
- Prepare 4 Ounces citrus candied peel , chopped
- Prepare 6 Ounces dark brown sugar soft
- Get 1 orange , grated zest and juice
- Take 1 lemon , grated zest and juice
- Take 1 Ounce almond slivers
- Take 2 Teaspoons allspice , ground
- Take 1/4 Teaspoon cinnamon , ground
- Take 1/4 Teaspoon nutmeg , ground
- Make ready 3 Tablespoons brandy
Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture over mincemeat and pat lightly. Mince pies made with mincemeat do not contain any meat. If you did make some mincemeat, you would be able to make your own, truly homemade Mince Pies (Mincemeat Pies) in December. A simple Classic Christmas mincemeat recipe for you to cook a great meal for family or friends.
Steps 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.
If you did make some mincemeat, you would be able to make your own, truly homemade Mince Pies (Mincemeat Pies) in December. A simple Classic Christmas mincemeat recipe for you to cook a great meal for family or friends. Buy the ingredients for our Classic Christmas mincemeat recipe from Tesco today. Mincemeat, the traditional filling for mince pies, is a spicy preserve comprising a mixture of dried fruit, apple, suet and candied fruit and spices steeped in rum or brandy. Traditional mincemeat for sweet mince pies contains suet but this recipes uses butter which makes it suitable for vegetarians.
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