chocchick Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Help needed from cooks please. Sorry, I thought this would get noticed quicker in the nesting box. I wanted to make mincemeat and the recipe needs shredded suet and to be left overnight. Will vegetable suet be OK, I've never used it before, or made mincemeat. It has palm oil, sunflower oil and rice flour. Would it be better to buy a different type tomorrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Choccy it is fine to use vegetable suet this recipe is the one I have used :- Mincemeat Ingredients 2 large Bramley apples, sliced and cooked down 12oz. Each of raisins, currants, sultanas 2oz. Glacé cherries 4oz. Chopped almonds 4oz. Candied peel 12oz. Demerara sugar 2oz. "no soak" apricots 4oz. Figs 4oz. Dates 2oz. Ginger (stem or crystallised) 1 Lemon 1 Orange 1 tsp. Cinnamon 1 tsp. Nutmeg 8oz. Vegetable suet 3 fluid oz. Rum or Brandy (or both!) Mincemeat Method Chop the apricots, dates, figs and ginger into small pieces. Zest the rind of the orange and lemon and squeeze out the juice. Mix all the ingredients together and leave to soak overnight. Pack into airtight jars and store. The mincemeat will keep indefinitely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Yes, I agree. I haven't ever used meat suet and all my suet puddings etc made with veg suet have worked just fine, Choccy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 (edited) That's a relief, I can make it tonight as planned Thanks for the quick answers. I had this strange idea that there was pudding suet, meat suet or vegetable suet and my mincemeat would taste of vegetables (despite the ingredient list) I've learnt quite a lot off the omlet forum like mincemeat, mayonnnaise and butter can be made at home Edited November 4, 2006 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 Another question while I'm here Delia uses some waxed discs in her jars which she sterilises as following, do I need the wax discs she uses to seal the jars or is it just a waste of time? NOTE: To sterilise jars, wash the jars and lids in warm soapy water, rinse well, then dry thoroughly with a clean tea cloth, place them on a baking tray and pop into a medium oven, gas mark 4, 350F, 180C, for 5 minutes. You can move me (my post) to "all things nice" if you like, but I will eat all the cakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 The wax discs sit on top of the mincemeat and prevent the contents from going mouldy but if you seal the jars correctly, they should be OK. If you use the mincemeat quickly too you shouldn't have a problem. Homemade mincemeat knocks spots off the shop stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 just like my home made lemon curd - only I lost the bloomin recipe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Oh Andrew ! The one I use is in the recipe section and never fails! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Oh I hadn't just lost the recipe recently - last seen about 8 years ago!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 Where do you get the wax discs from? I couldn't see any in Morrisons with either the cake stuff or tin foil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Lakeland sell them and so do places like Wilkinsons . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
