Superlative Mincemeat
A festive filling for pies and tarts - recipe dating from the mid 1800s
Ingredients
- A large lemon
- 80 g apples peeled cored and chopped small
- 20 g raisins
- 20 g currants
- 20 g candied orange-rind or other citrus fruit
- 80 g suet animal or vegetable
- 80 g brown sugar
- 50 ml brandy
Instructions
- Boil the lemon til tender, set aside to cool before removing the pips and chopping it into small pieces
- Combine the other ingredients and soak in the brandy.
- Add the lemons, stir well
- Cook over a hotplate until the suet has all dissolved
- Spoon into sterilised jars and seal