Mincemeat

Paraphernalia

• Large glass jar

Ingredients

• 500g cooking apples
• 170g suet
• 500g flame raisins
• 200g mixed candied peel
• 350g dark brown sugar
• 150g glacé cherries
• 100g cranberries
• 150g prunes
• 100g Stem ginger
• Zest of 2 oranges
• Zest of 2 lemons
• 20ml apple cider Vinegar
• 5ml orange blossom
• 50ml añejo tequila
• 50ml amaretto
• 50ml spiced rum
• 10g sweet cinnamon - 1 Cinnamon stick
• 10g cassia bark
• 1 medium Nutmeg
• Black pepper
• 50g almond slices
• 50g fig

Method

• Cook fruit, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, broken up cassia bark, and suet at 92c for one hour
• Take off of heat, leave for 30 minutes
• Add zest, extra nutmeg, Vinegar, salt, and alcohol
• Place in sterilised jar at room temperature, for at least 1 week (move to fridge after 2 weeks)

Use In

• [Mince Pies](/Recipes/Dessert/Mince Pies)