# Christmas Mincemeat 2025

This recipe details how to prepare homemade mincemeat, featuring a blend of dried fruits, spices, and citrus, with a unique method of grating apples and baking with butter.

- Total time: 180 min
- Cuisine: British
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 375 g raisins
- 375 g sultanas
- 375 g currants
- 100 g chopped almonds
- 200 g mixed peel
- 350 g brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon nutmeg
- 4 tablespoons allspice or mixed spice
- 2 oranges
- 2 lemons
- 3 Bramley apples
- 250 g butter
- 6 tablespoons brandy, rum, or whiskey

## Instructions

1. Place all dried fruits (raisins, sultanas, currants), chopped almonds, mixed peel, brown sugar, nutmeg, and allspice/mixed spice into an ovenproof bowl.
2. Zest two oranges and two lemons directly into the mixture, being careful with your fingers.
3. Grate three Bramley apples into the mix, leaving the skins on, which was very successful.
4. Mix all the ingredients in the bowl together using a knife or a wooden spoon.
5. Add the juice of the two lemons and two oranges to the mixture and mix again.
6. Chop 250g of butter and arrange it on top of all the other ingredients in the bowl.
7. Place the uncovered bowl into the oven and cook at 100°C fan for three hours.
8. Stir the mincemeat once halfway through the cooking time.
9. Once cooked, remove from the oven and add six tablespoons of brandy, rum, or whiskey.
10. Stir the mincemeat thoroughly, ensuring the bowl is on a tea towel to prevent it from cracking on cold granite.
11. Let the mincemeat cool completely, stirring a few times over several hours.
12. Once fully cool, transfer the mincemeat into jars.

## Equipment

- ovenproof bowl
- knife
- wooden spoon
- grater
- citrus juicer

## Tips

- If you've made my mincemeat recipe before, this is very similar with just a couple of slight differences.
- This recipe can be made vegan by substituting butter with margarine.
- No need to sterilize jars; simply wash them and their lids in the dishwasher.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQz_hH5DOms/?igsh=OW9mamQ2a3F2Mndw
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b23dfe47-cd3a-4827-94df-72cafa389fbe
- Extracted: 2025-11-12

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