Last-minute Christmas Mincemeat. Christmas in Britain just cannot be without mince pies. These small, sweet pies are filled with delicious homemade mincemeat, which is made from fresh and dried fruits, citrus zest, nutmeg, brandy, and suet blended together. Last-minute Christmas Mincemeat Mincemeat is meant to be made about three months in advance, to give time for the flavour and texture to develop.
Grate the marzipan and the apple. Put in a pan together with the dried fruit, nuts and butter. Add the sugar and spices and grate in the lemon zest, then squeeze the lemon and add the juice to the pan.
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Christmas in Britain just cannot be without mince pies. These small, sweet pies are filled with delicious homemade mincemeat, which is made from fresh and dried fruits, citrus zest, nutmeg, brandy, and suet blended together. Last-minute Christmas Mincemeat Mincemeat is meant to be made about three months in advance, to give time for the flavour and texture to develop.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have last-minute christmas mincemeat using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Last-minute Christmas Mincemeat:
- {Get 400 g of dried fruit, I used raisins and sultanas only but you could also add dried cranberries, cherries, mixed peel etc.
- {Take 1 of eating apple, peeled.
- {Get 100 g of marzipan, grated.
- {Prepare 50 g of butter.
- {Make ready 50 g of chopped almonds or cashew nuts.
- {Take 75 g of soft muscovado sugar.
- {Get 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- {Get 1 tsp of mixed spice.
- {Get of finely grated rind and juice of 1 lemon.
- {Prepare 200 ml of brandy, rum or whiskey.
Cover and heat gently, stirring as the butter and marzipan melt so everything mixes together. Last-minute Christmas Mincemeat Hey everyone, hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, last-minute christmas mincemeat. One of my favorites food recipes.
Instructions to make Last-minute Christmas Mincemeat:
- Mix the dried fruit together. Weigh the nuts and break them up gently with the end of a rolling pin or chop roughly with a knife..
- Grate the marzipan and the apple. Put in a pan together with the dried fruit, nuts and butter..
- Add the sugar and spices and grate in the lemon zest, then squeeze the lemon and add the juice to the pan. Cover and heat gently, stirring as the butter and marzipan melt so everything mixes together..
- Simmer gently for about 10 minutes, then leave to cool. When completely cool add and stir in the rum, whiskey or brandy..
- I left it to stand for a while longer as it looked too liquid, and in about an hour or two the rum had been absorbed into the fruit. I then transferred it to jars (two of them) left them to stand overnight, then used the mincemeat to make mince pies the next day, see separate recipe..
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