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November 22, 2012 By Janice Pattie 11 Comments

Instant Chocolate Mincemeat

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Instant Christmas Mincemeat

Instant Chocolate Mincemeat is quick and easy to make.  it’s ideal if you want to make your own mincemeat but didn’t quite get around to making soon enough for it to mature properly

Mince pies with Instant Chocolate Mincemeat

What is Mincemeat?

Mincemeat is a rich mixture of dried fruits, spices, apples, citrus zest and juice, alcohol and suet or butter. It is mainly used to fill sweet shortcrust pastry tarts which are served as individual Mince Pies.

Mini Mince Pies

Mince Pies are the classic way to use Christmas Mincemeat. Sweet shortcrust pastry is filled with mincemeat with a pastry lid on top.  I like to make Mini Mince Pies because they are the perfect little mouthful for tea time or parties. 

Is there meat in Mincemeat?

Originally, there was meat in mincemeat as well as the dried fruit and spices. This is how it got its name.  The meat element was gradually replaced with beef suet. 

I use vegetable suet but you can also use butter. This means the mincemeat is also suitable for vegetarians.

How to make Instant Chocolate Mincemeat

Lemon and squeezer

Start the mincemeat by zesting a lemon. Grate the zest (the yellow part of the lemon) use a special lemon zester or peel off a fine layer and cut it up with a knife. 

Then squeeze the juice of half the lemon. Put the juice and zest in a medium-sized bowl.

Grated Apple

Grate a dessert apple on the coarse side of the grater.  if you use the fine grater the apple will lose too much texture.  Add the grated apple to the lemon juice and zest. 

Instnat Chocolate Mincemeat

Add the dried fruits, sugar, chocolate, vegetable suet, brandy and nuts to the apple and lemon and mix thoroughly with a spoon 

You can use any combination of dried fruits and nuts. Use what you like and what you have in your store cupboard. 

When can I use the chocolate mincemeat?

You can use this mincemeat straight away or put it in a clean container and store in the fridge for a week. 

More Mincemeat Recipes from Farmersgirl Kitchen 

Slow Cooker Mincemeat on saucer

Easy Slow Cooker Mincemeat with Ginger

Dark Chocolate Mincemeat, so delicious, such a great idea

Dark Chocolate Mincemeat is a cooked mincemeat recipe that needs to be made ahead of time. 

Apple and Mincemeat Muffins
 
Festive Apple and Mincemeat Muffins are perfect for a holiday breakfast or anytime snack

More Mincemeat Recipes

Chocolate Cherry Mincemeat from Something Sweet, Something Svoury

Lemon and Ginger Mincemeat from Tin & Thyme 

Instant Christmas Mincemeat

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Mince pies with Instant Chocolate Mincemeat

Instant Chocolate Mincemeat

Janice Pattie
This is mincemeat that you can mix up quickly using any mixture of dried fruits and nuts you have in your cupboard, the addition of some chopped chocolate, adds a lovely richness to the fruit mixture
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 0 mins
Course preserves
Cuisine British
Servings 12

Equipment

  • weighing scales
  • bowl
  • spoon
  • grater
  • Lemon squeezer
  • knife

Ingredients
 

  • 1 lemon zest
  • 1/2 lemon juice
  • 1 Apple dessert
  • 50 g sultanas
  • 50 g dried cranberries
  • 50 g prunes chopped
  • 50 g raisins
  • 1 tbsp brandy
  • 100 g dark brown sugar
  • 60 g vegetable suet
  • 50 g dark chocolate chopped
  • 1 tbsp pistaschio nuts chopped

Instructions
 

  • Put the zest and lemon juice in a bowl, grate the apple including the skin, into the juice.
  • Add all the other ingredients and stir.
  • Store in a lidded jar in the fridge until ready to use.

Notes

You can use any dried fruit and any nuts you like in this Instant Chocolate Mincemeat recipe. 
You can also leave out the chocolate and add additional dreid fruit to make a more traditional instant mincemat. 
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  1. Not Your Ordinary Agent says

    November 23, 2012 at 1:45 am

    These look beautiful and delicious!! Love that pan! Please share at Foodtastic Friday!

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  2. Barb @ Frugal Local Kitchen says

    November 23, 2012 at 9:50 am

    Very festive looking! I need to try making mini desserts for parties.

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  3. kat levitt says

    November 23, 2012 at 10:54 am

    Wow, these look amazing!

    http://www.agirlandherfood.com

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  4. sjf bilton, comfortablyhungry.com says

    November 23, 2012 at 1:14 pm

    I've never thought of putting chocolate in mincemeat but it sounds like a delicious idea. I'm making some medlar mincemeat this weekend.

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  5. Karen S Booth says

    November 23, 2012 at 8:19 pm

    Lovely recipes Janice and I just got my mince pie tin, it is so nifty and looks very shiny! I am trying it out next week, but am glad that you rate it so highly, as I hate pricing mince pies out of tins! Your pies and mincemeat look so wonderful! Karen

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  6. Not Your Ordinary Agent says

    November 24, 2012 at 1:22 am

    Thank you for coming and linking up!! I'm pinning!

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  7. Chele says

    November 24, 2012 at 8:16 am

    I've made chocolate mince meat a few times now. What was your verdict of their flavour?

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  8. Janice says

    November 24, 2012 at 8:21 am

    I like the choc flavour, have made Dan Lepard version before. Would put some spice in this instant one next time.

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  9. Choclette says

    November 24, 2012 at 9:08 am

    Adding prunes is a great idea, must try it. I made chocolate mincemeat for the first time last year and it was delicious. I'm really behind with everything this year, so it's good to know I can make instant mincemeat. Your pies look very tempting as does the tin.

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  10. Jacqueline says

    November 24, 2012 at 11:30 am

    Those look so, so good Janice. I love your mincemeat recipe too. I am going to try that.

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  11. May says

    November 26, 2012 at 11:00 am

    Nice, love mince pies and have never been bothered to make my own mince meat. Will buy some and try this instead.

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