Healthy Mincemeat
Author: Ceri Jones
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: British
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Serves: 2 cups
- 1 large apple, such as Braeburn, Gala etc peeled and grated
- ½ cup raisins / 75g
- ½ cup golden sultanas / 75g
- ½ cup currants / 75g
- ½ cup dried cranberries / 65g
- ½ cup mixed dried fruit: apple, peach, sultana, apricots (NB not traditional) / 60g
- Zest and juice of an orange
- ⅓ cup sugar / 50g
- 4 Tablespoons organic butter, cubed
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 1 Tablespoon brandy (optional)
- Add all of the ingredients above (other than the brandy) into a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir
- When the butter is fully melted, turn the heat to low, cover and cook for 15 minutes, stirring often.
- Take the saucepan off the heat and stir through a Tablespoon of brandy, and decant into sterilized glass jars.
- Leave to cool with the lid slightly ajar, then secure tightly and store until you're ready to use.
Recipe yields approx 2 cups which is approx equivalent to fill a 500ml jar.
Recipe by Ceri Jones Chef at https://cerijoneschef.com/healthy-mincemeat/
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