Classic Mincemeat

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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Nutritional Info
Per 1/4 cup (50 mL): about	-
cal	141141 cal
pro	1 g1g pro
total fat	4 g4g total fat
sat. fat	2 g2g sat. fat
carb	29 g29g carb
fibre	2 g2g fibre
chol	2 mg2mg chol
sodium	58 mg58mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	22 calcium
iron	66 iron
vit C	77 vit C
folate	11 folate

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You can make this old-fashioned fruit mixture with suet or butter.

Ingredients

6 6golden delicious applegolden delicious apples, peeled and grated (5 cups)
2 cups raisins 2 2cups cupsraisinraisins
2 cups seeded lexia raisins 2 2cups cupsseeded lexia raisinlexia raisins
2 cups currants 2 2cups cupscurrantcurrants
1-3/4 cups packed brown sugar 1-3/4 1-3/4cups cupspacked brown sugar
1-1/2 1-1/2cups cupsshredded suet, (or 1/2 cup butter, softened)
1 cup mixed candied peel 1 1cup cupmixed candied peel
1/4 cup grated lemon rind 1/4 1/4cup cupgrated lemon rind
3/4 cup lemon juice 3/4 3/4cup cuplemon juice
3/4 cup apple cider 3/4 3/4cup cupapple cider or apple juice
2 tsp cinnamon 2 2tsp tspcinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg 2 2tsp tspnutmeg
1 tsp ground cloves 1 1tsp tspground cloves
1 tsp allspice 1 1tsp tspallspice
1 tsp salt 1 1tsp tspsalt
1/2 cup rum 1/2 1/2cup cuprum or brandy

Preparation

In Dutch oven, combine apples, raisins, lexia raisins, currants, brown sugar, suet, candied peel, lemon rind and juice, cider, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice and sa< bring to boil.

Reduce heat and simmer until thickened and syrupy, about 45 minutes. Stir in rum; let cool. (Make-ahead: Refrigerate in airtight containers for up to 3 weeks or freeze for up to 3 months.)

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