mincemeat recipe without suet?

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Does anyone have one? I made one a couple of years ago - I think it used grated butter and was then cooked a bit - but can't find it anywhere now.

Thanks.

This is my MIL's. It's lovely. I make a batch every few years. Unopened jars keep perfectly from year to year at the back of the cupboard, opened jars keep for a couple of months in the fridge.

1lb soft dark sugar
15fluid oz cloudy apple juice
3lb peeled, cored, cooking apples (unprepared weight ~4lb) roughly chopped
1tsp ground allspice
1tsp ground cinnamon
3lbs mixed dried fruit
grated rind and juice of 1 lemon

Dissolve sugar in apple juice over low heat. Whe dissolved add rest of ingredients and simmer covered for about 30mins until soft mush. Put in sterilized jars while hot.

I jar it in 750g jars - 1 jar makes about 36 mince pies.

Delia's mincemeat is the best. Appreciate it's made with suet, but I always use the vegetarian suet so that I can give some to vegetarian friends. Depends on why you're anti-suet.

DH is anti-suet. Did try making Delia's with vegetarian suet but the suet was still detected.

I have Nigella's domestic goddess so with compare with the other recipes given when I get home tonight.

Thanks.

I used a recipe by Gordon Ramsey int he Times last year. Not traditional, but yummy.

Have it somewhere....

1 dessert apple, peeled and finely grated
100g butter, melted
250g raisins
110g dried apricots, chopped
175g soft dark brown sugar
zest and juice of 1 small orange
zest and juice of 1 small lemon
50g toasted almonds, chopped
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2tbsp brandy
2tbsp dark rum

Mix together, cover with clingfilm and leave overnight.