Cranberry jewelled mincemeat

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• WelshMorgan

  06 November 2012

  WelshMorgan rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A lovely, fruity mincemeat but it's impossible to find fresh or frozen cranberries anywhere near where I live. I used dried cranberries and soaked them in cranberry juice...it seemed to work.

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• Riverside Baking

  07 November 2012

  Riverside Baking rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was my first attempt at mincemeat and it was fab, made me 4 jars worth :) Now just waiting until I have an excuse to make mince pies. You can see my finished mincemeat here: http://riversidebaking.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/stir-up-sunday.html

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• Kasia

  13 November 2012

  Kasia commented on this recipe

  Fantastic recipe, although I did use unsalted butter instead of suet. Mice meat looks fantastic and taste great too. Cant wait till Christmas!!!

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• janet

  20 November 2012

  janet rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Just made this after managing to get frozen cranberries ( fresh ones impossible in Brisbane!) It is the best mincemeat recipe I have made so far, will definitely make this a regular, will never buy bought mincemeat again and was also so easy. I left the mix soaking for about a week (difficult to get suet here too!)

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• saschlet

  14 December 2012

  saschlet rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really tasty, probably needs a bit less sugar as has so much fruit. Worked well with fresh cranberries. Lovely! This will be my main mincemeat from now!

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• sharon

  14 December 2012

  sharon rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is a fabulous recipe, I used salted butter instead of suet but wouldn't alter sugar too much as the fresh cranberries add a tartness that's just perfect. I'm on my second batch, first one was very popular with family, I gave it all away. Will never buy the shop stuff again, there's no comparison.

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• jan

  17 December 2012

  jan commented on this recipe

  Hi janet, Could you possibly let me know where you got frozen cranberries? in Brisbane, I have not been able to find them & would really love some for Xmas? Thanks

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• Kasia

  26 January 2013

  Kasia commented on this recipe

  Just an update on previous comment. Mince is fantastic, I will make every year from now on and will never buy shop stuff again!!!!

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Ingredients

• 500g mixture of raisins, currants and sultanas (use jumbo or golden sultanas if you can get them)
• 140g dried apricots , chopped
• 85g dried cranberries
• 85g mixed peel
• 150ml brandy
• zest and juice 1 lemon
• zest and juice 1 orange
• 175g suet
• 100g fresh or frozen cranberries , roughly chopped
• 200g soft brown sugar
• 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg

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MAKES 4 jars

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Prep 20 mins

Cook 5 mins

No need to freeze

Ingredients

• 500g mixture of raisins, currants and sultanas (use jumbo or golden sultanas if you can get them)
• 140g dried apricots , chopped
• 85g dried cranberries
• 85g mixed peel
• 150ml brandy
• zest and juice 1 lemon
• zest and juice 1 orange
• 175g suet
• 100g fresh or frozen cranberries , roughly chopped
• 200g soft brown sugar
• 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg

PER 2 TBSP

102 kcalories, protein 0.0g, carbohydrate 16.0g, fat 3.0 g, saturated fat 2.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 16.0g, salt 0.0 g

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