Mincemeat Filling For Mince Pie

Total Time: 24 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 lb sultana
• 1 lb raisins
• 2 grated lemons, juice and rind of
• 1 grated orange, juice and rind of
• 6 ounces walnuts, diced
• 1 ounce crystallized ginger, diced
• 1/2 cup brandy
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mace
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 4 ounces prunes
• 1 lb currants
• 1/4 cup cointreau liqueur

Recipe

• 1 combine sultanas through nutmeg.
• 2 process about 1/5 of the sultana mixture--plus all the prunes--in a food processor, then remix it with the other 4/5 of the sultana mixture.
• 3 stir in currants& cointreau.
• 4 leave covered from 1 day to several weeks.
• 5 use as filling for mince pies.