Mum's Mincemeat

Ingredients

• Servings: 50
• 1 pound suet
• 1 pound brown sugar
• 1 pound sultana raisins
• 1 pound dark raisins
• 1 pound dried currants
• 4 ounces candied mixed fruit peel
• 4 ounces chopped almonds
• 1/4 cup ground allspice
• 3 tablespoons ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 3 pounds apples, grated

Recipe

Preparation Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• melt suet in a saucepan over medium-low heat; strain liquid through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl and discard solids. refrigerate liquid until again solid.
• grate solid suet, measure 12 ounces of grated suet into a bowl, and set aside.
• stir brown sugar, sultana raisins, dark raisins, currants, fruit peel, almonds, allspice, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl; add grated suet and stir. fold grated apple through the mixture.
• cover bowl loosely with aluminum foil and allow it to sit at room temperature, stirring once daily, until fermented, 3 to 5 days. refrigerate until needed.