Must remember to read recipes *properly*!

nahsma

www.maryberry.co.uk/recipes/christmas/special-mincemeat

allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/6334/homemade-mincemeat.aspx

You can still freeze and grate the butter.

I don't know what temperature a low oven would be but alcohol evaporates at 70 degrees C, so it may well be all gone. I would add the correct amount of brandy again, otherwise the mincemeat might not be preserved properly. I think the alcohol is what stops it going off.

Kathyd Thank you! I shall try to get everything next time I brave the supermarket.

There is no such thing as too much alcohol in either a Christmas cake or a trifle! I love your recipe Maw !

Brandy may have evaporated a bit more quickly with the oven heat than if added at room temperature. You have put me in mood for mincemeat pies now!

Good lord MawB2, must have taken ages typing that recipe out! It sounds amazing too ?

MawB2 I've ordered the dried ingredients and the whisky so I can try that lovely recipe!
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I did exactly the same thing the first time I made it, I think I added more brandy once it was cooled, maybe I used cherry brandy.
A friend once made a rice ring, way back in the 80s when they were the thing, she was horrified when she served it as it was inedibly hot, she couldn't understand, she'd followed a recipe. When she re-read the recipe she noticed that it said ' add Tabasco to taste and if you want it to look pink, use food colouring'. She'd used the Tabasco to get the pink colour.

Who cooks mincemeat?

Anyone who wants a decent product, it's the easiest thing in the world to make.

I didn’t add any brandy, there seemed to be quite a lot of liquid anyway.
But it looked fine and smelt gorgeous! 6 lbs, that should keep me and dh in mince pies for a week or two ??. Roll on 1st Dec when I make the first batch, though might just stretch that to Advent Sunday, 29th Nov.

Well, get you, Maw - the Hostesh with the Mostesh !

That is some recipe Maw and definitely one to try - hic-

SIL made the Christmas cake, and stored it on top of the fridge. It was brought down to be fed. So BIL fed it, then all 4 of the children (mid to late teens) fed it as well. SIL came back to it, wrapped it and put it back on the fridge. When it was cut, it was lethal. BIL wouldn't let anyone who was driving have any, including the two on duty policemen, who had come to call about a school matter (BIL was caretaker of my secondary school, and lived on site.)

@ clareken