Delia's mincemeat or Nigella's cranberry studded mincemeat??

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I'm going to make my own for the first time this year and I'm not sure which one to do. Votes please!!!!

DEFINITELY Delia's.

Trust me.

Have you made / tasted both?

Delia's. Nigella's cranberry one was vile.

or is it that delia's is too delish to contemplate another one??

Another vote for Delia - 'tis fab.

I love the nigella cranberry one! Not tried the delia one so cant compare

Not only does Delia's taste better but it's also so easy. Bung it in a bowl and throw it into a warm oven.

Delia.
Have never tried Nigella's but ... cranberries in mincemeat!? Sounds gimmicky.
The only caveat for Delia's Christmas stuff is that she does tend to over-do the citrus IMO.

oooh.

How close to christmas can i make delia's one so it's good for next year too?

To quote Saint Delia
"It will keep in a cold, dark cupboard indefinitely, but I think it is best eaten within a year of making."

To ensure keeping quality? More booze!

I'm a bit worried about the booze thing - i'm pregnant and so far planning to make the cake, pudding and mincemeat. I'm going to be plastered after every snack aren't I??

Should I avoid the cake or just not feed it? Will it still taste ok?

Personally, I would still feed the cake and use alcohol in the mincemeat as the alcohol is important for the keeping qualities. But then I guess you would have to limit how much you ate.

Cooking burns off most of the alcohol, but obviously feeding it once its cooked won't, so you could feed it with orange juice to moisten it instead.

I have a large Kilner jar of Delia's I made last year lurking in the back of the fridge.....should be well matured I think.

I think homemade mincemeat needs at least 6 months to mature, any I have made Sept/Oct just aren't as good as the luxury shop bought matured ones as they haven't had long enough to develop.

I always make Delias its lovely.

oh no - i was going to make some for this christmas - is it not worth it? delia's christmas book mentions starting things in october i thought.

Oh definitely make it and see what you think. Worst comes to worst, keep it for next year and buy in some more for this year.

Can I store it in those glass storage jars with clip down glass lids with a rubber seal do you know? Just wondering if the rubber seal causes problems that a screw top doesn't.

Ooh nice Kilner jars, should be fine. I remember when this happened to me being worried it would be somehow contaminated and not store as well, but I used both screw top and Kilner and it was fine.

However, marmalade never keeps long round here as we love it too much.....!I think I kept most of my jars in the fridge for good measure, but was probably unnecessary.

Oh dear, awake too early and have posted on wrong thread, doh.

Kilner jars are fine, in fact my 12 month old mincemeat in the fridge is in a Kilner jar.....