Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, last-minute christmas mincemeat. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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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. This is a recipe for those who want to make a delicious fruit mincemeat for pies this Christmas, and didn't have time to do it in advance! Grate the marzipan and the apple.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook last-minute christmas mincemeat using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Last-minute Christmas Mincemeat:
- Make ready 400 g dried fruit, I used raisins and sultanas only but you could also add dried cranberries, cherries, mixed peel etc
- Get 1 eating apple, peeled
- Make ready 100 g marzipan, grated
- Make ready 50 g butter
- Take 50 g chopped almonds or cashew nuts
- Make ready 75 g soft muscovado sugar
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Take 1 tsp mixed spice
- Get finely grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
- Prepare 200 ml brandy, rum or whiskey
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. Even though Christmas is nearly upon us, it's still not too late to make your own mincemeat.
Steps 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.
Cover and heat gently, stirring as the butter and marzipan melt so everything mixes together. Even though Christmas is nearly upon us, it's still not too late to make your own mincemeat. If you've never made this before it is one of the simplest things to make, but also very gratifying. There is very little work involved. Last-minute cranberry mincemeat This jewelled mincemeat takes minutes to make and can be used immediately.
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