mince pies with marzipan recipe
We will be making traditional mincemeat at Audley End House’s Victorian kitchens. She has enough mincemeat to last her Christmas season, and she will use it to make mince pies. You can make your own by storing it in sterilized hars.
Basic ingredients for mince pies with marzipan recipe
- 450g Ox Tongue,
- 900g Raisins,
- 900g Minced apples,
- 900g Suet.
- 1.1kg Currants
- 1.1kg Caster sugar
- 450g Candied peel
- 2 Lemons Salt
- 2 Grated
- NUTMEGS: 1 tbsp Ginger
- 300ml Sherry (or Madeira),
- 300ml Brandy
How to make mince pies with marzipan recipe
- Mix the suet, ox tongue, and raisins with the apples, raisins, currants, and apples. Add the sugar, two pinches of salt, ginger, mace, nutmeg, and brandy to a large bowl or container.
- Mix everything until well combined. You can either store mincemeat in sterilized jars or make mince pies like me.