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Festive fruit mince

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Preserves
Cuisine Australian, gluten free, International, One pot
Servings 2 jars

Equipment

  • Cutting board
  • Knife
  • saucepan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large apple
  • 2 medium pear
  • 1/2 cup cranberry
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon dry ginger powder
  • 1 pinch nutmeg
  • 1/z tsp orange zest
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1-2 drops vanilla extract or a few grains from a vanilla pod.

Instructions
 

  • Chop and add the fruits into a cooking pot.
    fruit mince combo
  • Add the cranberries, raisins, orange zest, spices and orange juice into the same pot.
  • Cover the pot and let it simmer. Open and check occasionally to see if there is enough liquid to keep the raisins plump.
  • Let it cook and break down slowly on slow heat for an hour.
  • Turn off the heat and let it cool down to room temperature.
  • The fruit mince will be then ready.
  • Save it in airtight stelized jars.
  • The fruit mince for Christmas is ready.
    festive fruit mince

Notes

Making it in a crockpot.
Since the process is a slow cooking one, you can make this easily in a crockpot or slow cooker too. Add all the ingredients and in addition half cup of apple juice to add the liquid volume. then set it to cook slowly. 
Keyword christmas recipes, Winter warmers
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