Boozy Cranberry Mincemeat {vegan}
Boozy Cranberry Mincemeat is a fresh, fruity filling for your mince pies. Gorgeously spiced and rich with festive flavour. Plus nut-free, vegan, suet-free and gluten-free if you're looking for the perfect free-from mincemeat.
Prep Time40 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time50 minutes mins
Course: Condiment
Cuisine: British
Servings: 64 servings
Calories: 63kcal
- 100 g dried cranberries
- 200 g raisins
- 275 g currants
- 100 g soft prunes stoned and blended to form a paste
- 2 dessert apples peeled, cored and diced small
- 500 g fresh cranberries
- 300 g dark brown sugar
- 250 ml gluten-free pale ale
- 1 bramley apple peeled and grated
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 30 ml brandy
- 100 ml Cointreau
Pour the fresh cranberries, sugar, ale, bramley apple, lemon juice and zest and all the spices into a large saucepan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 10 minutes until some of the cranberries start to break down.
In a large mixing bowl add the dried fruits and the dessert apples and add to the boiled mixture.
Remove from the heat, add the dried fruits and give a very good mix through, making sure the prune paste is evenly dispersed.
Leave to cool completely before stirring through the brandy and Cointreau.
Decant into sterilised jars and store until ready to use or use straightaway.
- Yield 4x 380g jars
- You can use this mincemeat straightaway for your mince pies. Or you can store in clean sterilised jars and keep in a cool dark place for up to 6 weeks.
- Top tip - when you're heating up your fresh cranberries try not to break them up too much - you want to keep as many of them whole as you can.
Calories: 63kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 99mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Vitamin C: 1.8mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.3mg