Simply Scrumptious Home-made Healthy Christmas Mincemeat

Home-made Christmas Mincemeat

NO ADDED SUGAR - LOW CALORIE

With such a huge variety of Christmas Mincemeat now available its difficult to know which one to buy, but when it comes down to it you can't beat home-made! Once you've made it yourself and seen how easy it is your never buy ready made again

This Christmas mincemeat has all the flavours you'd expect from a jarred Christmas Mincemeat but only a fraction of the calories of ready made supermarket brands.

Mince Pie Filling the healthy way!

The Mincemeat recipe is as follows

Makes 200g

1 apple with skin on grated

100g of mixed dried fruit

50g cranberries

50g sultana's

3 tbsp cranberry juice

10g of low fat olive spread

1 tsp of mixed spice

1 tsp of cinnamon

METHOD

1. Add everything to a saucepan, simmer until the cranberry juice has reduced and the mixture is sticky.

2. Leave to cool for 10 minutes or so, then transfer to a jam jar.

This mincemeat will keep up to five days in a sealed jar in the fridge.

Nutritional Information

Makes 200g homemade mincemeat

9 servings per jar - approx 216 calories

24 calories per serving (24g)

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