Healthy Mincemeat
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: British
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Serves: 2 cups
 
My homemade mincemeat is a slower in sugar take on classic British mincemeat for mince pies, sparing none of the taste
Ingredients
  • 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)
Instructions
  1. Add all of the ingredients above (other than the brandy) into a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir
  2. When the butter is fully melted, turn the heat to low, cover and cook for 15 minutes, stirring often.
  3. Take the saucepan off the heat and stir through a Tablespoon of brandy, and decant into sterilized glass jars.
  4. Leave to cool with the lid slightly ajar, then secure tightly and store until you're ready to use.
Notes
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/