Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, christmas mincemeat. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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.
Christmas Mincemeat is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Christmas Mincemeat is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook christmas mincemeat using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Christmas Mincemeat:
- Prepare 8 Ounces apples bramley , coarsely grated
- Take 4 Ounces suet , shredded
- Make ready 6 Ounces raisins
- Prepare 4 Ounces sultanas
- Make ready 4 Ounces berries dried mixed
- Make ready 4 Ounces citrus candied peel , chopped
- Take 6 Ounces dark brown sugar soft
- Take 1 orange , grated zest and juice
- Prepare 1 lemon , grated zest and juice
- Prepare 1 Ounce almond slivers
- Prepare 2 Teaspoons allspice , ground
- Make ready 1/4 Teaspoon cinnamon , ground
- Prepare 1/4 Teaspoon nutmeg , ground
- Prepare 3 Tablespoons brandy
Like plum pudding, mince pies are a traditional Christmas treat throughout the United Kingdom. Make your mincemeat filling when you make your fruitcakes: the longer the mixture sits, the better. Have some leftover mincemeat to use up after Christmas? Try our favourite recipes that make the most of the ends of a jar, from chocolate brownies to cookies and cakes.
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.
Have some leftover mincemeat to use up after Christmas? Try our favourite recipes that make the most of the ends of a jar, from chocolate brownies to cookies and cakes. 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. Having liberally laced our traditional mincemeat with Fortnum's own cognac, we decided it was so good we couldn't keep it all to ourselves.
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