Anyone else making Delia’s mincemeat?

Yes, i make Delias MM every year, also for my sister. I think next week i shall make a start, also Delias christmas cake and pudding....

I used to loathe the grating of orange and lemon peel on a box grater - until I realised that you could buy a brilliant little gadget to make it so much easier - for about £7.

I dare say I was about the last person to realise that such a gadget existed!

Thank you CraftyGranny and Witzend much appreciate your replies

I usually make cake and mincemeat over the half-term break, both from Delia's Christmas book. I also make the Christmas chutney and the Apricot one.

I like the idea of making the mincemeat in a slow cooker - will give that a go. We don't put brandy in half of ours as some family and friends are teetotal and it lasts just as well up to Christmas.
GS will be here this half-term so he can lend a hand with the chopping and mixing as he has done since he was a year old. He's rather more efficient at it now that he's nearly 13!

Rosepaul

I definitely will, was wondering, if it could be made in a slow cooker rather than the oven???

Somebody has asked this on Delia's site:

www.deliaonline.com/ask-lindsey/mincemeat-in-the-slow-cooker

Rosepaul

I definitely will, was wondering, if it could be made in a slow cooker rather than the oven???

I should imagine that would work fine. IIRC the mix goes in a very low oven for a few hours, in order for the suet or veg fat to melt and be able to be mixed in. Which is surely doable in a slow cooker.

I put a frangipan topping on last year, they were lovely an tidy
I have never ben able to make mince pies without all the leakage, unlike my Mum.

I had my big bake up last week - Christmas cake, two puddings and mincemeat. I find it easy to do the whole lot in one go. A few years ago I made a spreadsheet with all the ingredients for them and can then simply use formulae to scale up or down and produce a single list for the lot. My DDs say that the Christmas spreadsheet had made sure that the recipes live on.

I definitely will, was wondering, if it could be made in a slow cooker rather than the oven???

I will probably make some in a couple of weeks. My Chistmas cooking starts after half term .