Easiest Way to Prepare Favorite Last-minute Christmas Mincemeat

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, last-minute christmas mincemeat. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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This cake is from Delia Smith's Delia Online and is ideal for those who may not have had time to make the more traditional cake, that is fed over a few. Delia's Last-minute Christmas Mincemeat Cake recipe. You didn't have time, you don't want the factory version, so this one made simply with a jar of mincemeat will make a really speedy but excellent. This jewelled mincemeat takes minutes to make and can be used immediately.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook last-minute christmas mincemeat using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Last-minute Christmas Mincemeat:

1. Prepare dried fruit, I used raisins and sultanas only but you could also add dried cranberries, cherries, mixed peel etc
2. Get eating apple, peeled
3. Take marzipan, grated
4. Take butter
5. Prepare chopped almonds or cashew nuts
6. Prepare soft muscovado sugar
7. Take ground cinnamon
8. Take mixed spice
9. Make ready finely grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
10. Prepare brandy, rum or whiskey

Looking to save a bit of time this holiday? Select from the following additional ingredients: Extra mixed dried fruit (usually a mixture of sultanas, raisins and mixed peel) Other dried fruit ie: chopped apricots. A great last-minute tart that can be made for extra guests at Christmas. A pinch of flour, for sprinkling.

Steps to make Last-minute Christmas Mincemeat:

1. Mix the dried fruit together. Weigh the nuts and break them up gently with the end of a rolling pin or chop roughly with a knife.
2. Grate the marzipan and the apple. Put in a pan together with the dried fruit, nuts and butter.
3. Add the sugar and spices and grate in the lemon zest, then squeeze the lemon and add the juice to the pan. Cover and heat gently, stirring as the butter and marzipan melt so everything mixes together.
4. Simmer gently for about 10 minutes, then leave to cool. When completely cool add and stir in the rum, whiskey or brandy.
5. I left it to stand for a while longer as it looked too liquid, and in about an hour or two the rum had been absorbed into the fruit. I then transferred it to jars (two of them) left them to stand overnight, then used the mincemeat to make mince pies the next day, see separate recipe.

A great last-minute tart that can be made for extra guests at Christmas. A pinch of flour, for sprinkling. Remove and leave to cool completely, then fill with mincemeat. Remove the chilled pastry from the fridge and cut out holly or star shapes, then use to decorate your tart. Traditional mincemeat for sweet mince pies contains suet but this recipes uses butter which makes it suitable for vegetarians.

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