Christmas mincemeat - Penny Melville-Brown

Ingredients

• 340g raisins.
• 170g currents.
• 170g sultanas.
• brandy, sherry or port to cover.
• 170g glace cherries, halved.
• 450g prepared weight cooking apples, peeled, cored and diced.
• 170g suet, can be vegetarian.
• 340g dark brown sugar or honey.
• 2 oranges, zest and juice.
• 2 lemons, zest and juice.
• 110g almonds, chopped or flaked.
• 4 heaped teaspoons ground mixed spice.
• half teaspoon ground cinnamon.
• half nutmeg, grated.