Fruited Mincemeat

Name: Fruited Mincemeat
Yield: 5 to 6 pints
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar, brown or white; 3 navel oranges; 4 large, peeled and chopped tart apples; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 cup cider or fruit juice; ½ teaspoon ginger; ½ teaspoon mace; ½ teaspoon allspice; ½ teaspoon cloves; 1 cup chopped beef suet; 1 cup chopped dried apricots; 1 cup chopped dried peaches; 1 cup peeled chopped carrots; 1 cup raisins; ½ cup diced citron

Preparation info

5 to 6 pints

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home Canning and Preserving

By Janet Cooper

Published 2014

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Ingredients

1 cup chopped beef suet
1 cup chopped dried apricots
1 cup</

Preserve
Gluten-free

Method

Grind together the suet, apricots and peaches (you may also use mixed dried fruit instead), carrots, raisins (washed and squeezed dry), citron, apples (peeled, cored, and chopped), and oranges (grate the rind, remove the fruit from the pith and membranes, squeeze the juice out, and chop the fruit). Transfer the ground mixture to a large heavy-bottomed pan and add the res