Best Mincemeat Ever?

Penelope_Penguin

jjblondie wrote: »

Which liquid should I use instead of brandy?

Just leave it out There's not much and it mainly evaporates anyway.

jackyann

I'd use fruit juice - and if I remember correctly, the Germans do lovely fruit juices, so cherry juice or redcurrant juice (rotjohanisbeersaft, I believe!) would be really good.
I always use vegetable suet anyway, it works better than the real kind I find. I did post it to a relative when she was in Germany!
I think sultanas with some other dried fruit will work fine. You can use some fresh fruit - my mother always put chopped apples in hers. It didn't keep so well, but that's not a problem for you!

smallblueplanet

We prefer to use melted butter rather than veggie suet, no problem in mincemeat or xmas pudds.

Penelope_Penguin

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing thread to keep ideas together