Name: Zesty mincemeat
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 500g bag standard mixed dried fruit -; 100g chopped candied peel -; 200g light muscovado sugar -; zest and juice 1 orange and 1 lemon -; 175g coarsley grated Bramley apple and 100g finely grated Bramley apple -; 3 tbsp brandy -; ½ nutmeg , freshly grated -; 100g beef or vegetarian suet -; up to 1 tbsp ground almond , optional -

Ingredients for - Zesty mincemeat

1. 500g bag standard mixed dried fruit

2. 100g chopped candied peel

3. 200g light muscovado sugar

4. zest and juice 1 orange and 1 lemon

5. 175g coarsley grated Bramley apple and 100g finely grated Bramley apple

6. 3 tbsp brandy

7. ½ nutmeg , freshly grated

8. 100g beef or vegetarian suet

9. up to 1 tbsp ground almond , optional

How to cook deliciously - Zesty mincemeat

1 . Stage

Tip all the ingredients, except the suet and ground almonds, into a large bowl and stir really well. Stir in the suet, cover with a plate or cling film and leave overnight for the fruit to plump up in the juices and brandy.

2 . Stage

Next day, stir thoroughly again, and if the mixture still looks very juicy, add a sprinkling of ground almonds to absorb some of the liquid. Now it is ready to jar. The mincemeat will keep for 6 months, but once open, store in the fridge.