Outer Isles Gardening Mincemeat

Ingredients

• 225g dark muscovado sugar
• 560g mixed dried fruit – raisins, sultanas, currants, Morello cherries
• 110g mixed peel
• 110g suet or vegetarian suet
• 225g Bramley apple, peeled and finely chopped
• 250 ml brandy, rum, whiskey or sherry, or cold tea
• zest and juice of an orange
• zest and juice of a lemon
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice
• ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon