Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Homemade Mincemeat Recipe…
It really wouldn’t be Christmas without mincemeat. The beautiful taste of spicy fruit, the sweet and buttery flavours and the dark mellow boozy elements that meld together to make this fantastic ingredient. Today’s recipe is my homemade version that has been tried and tested to produce this dark and delicious preserve.
Mincemeat can be used in a variety of ways. It is lovely in a bread and butter pudding or try it in my chocolate truffles.
(Here’s the link: youtube.com/watch?v=JvlgJBZIfrA)
It is great in pastry, and traditional mince pies are always a favourite…
• Website: margaretsmakeandbake.wixsite.com/margaretsmakebake
• Instagram: instagram.com/margaretsmakeandbake
Ingredients
350g of your favourite mixed fruit
(figs, sultanas, currants, raisins, cranberries, apricots, dates)
150g mixed peel
1 Bramley apple, chopped very small
Zest & juice of 1 lemon and 1 orange
2 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp grated nutmeg
175g soft dark sugar
80ml brandy or dark rum
60g shredded suet
50g butter
50g pistachios
3 tbsp brandy or dark rum
Method
1) Preheat oven to Gas 1/ 135’C or 275’F
2) Add the first nine ingredients to a bowl and stir together. Cover and leave overnight so the flavours can blend and the dried fruit can soak in the juices
3) Add 60g shredded suet, 50g butter, 50g pistachios. Stir, cover and pop into the oven for 1 and a half hours
4) Leave to cool then stir in 3 tbsp brandy or dark rum.
5) Pop into a sterilised jar and leave to mature for up to 3 months
Music:
Arkansas Traveller by Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
Nat Keefe on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCr1hW0rMwhUGBPne6FYdyIQ
Homemade Mincemeat Recipe…
It really wouldn’t be Christmas without mincemeat. The beautiful taste of spicy fruit, the sweet and buttery flavours and the dark mellow boozy elements that meld together to make this fantastic ingredient. Today’s recipe is my homemade version that has been tried and tested to produce this dark and delicious preserve.
Mincemeat can be used in a variety of ways. It is lovely in a bread and butter pudding or try it in my chocolate truffles.
(Here’s the link: youtube.com/watch?v=JvlgJBZIfrA)
It is great in pastry, and traditional mince pies are always a favourite…
• Website: margaretsmakeandbake.wixsite.com/margaretsmakebake
• Instagram: instagram.com/margaretsmakeandbake
Ingredients
350g of your favourite mixed fruit
(figs, sultanas, currants, raisins, cranberries, apricots, dates)
150g mixed peel
1 Bramley apple, chopped very small
Zest & juice of 1 lemon and 1 orange
2 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp grated nutmeg
175g soft dark sugar
80ml brandy or dark rum
60g shredded suet
50g butter
50g pistachios
3 tbsp brandy or dark rum
Method
1) Preheat oven to Gas 1/ 135’C or 275’F
2) Add the first nine ingredients to a bowl and stir together. Cover and leave overnight so the flavours can blend and the dried fruit can soak in the juices
3) Add 60g shredded suet, 50g butter, 50g pistachios. Stir, cover and pop into the oven for 1 and a half hours
4) Leave to cool then stir in 3 tbsp brandy or dark rum.
5) Pop into a sterilised jar and leave to mature for up to 3 months
Music:
Arkansas Traveller by Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
Nat Keefe on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCr1hW0rMwhUGBPne6FYdyIQ
