Green Tomato Mincemeat

[Somebunny]

Green Tomato Mincemeat

3lbs. green tomatoes chopped
3lbs. apples chopped
1 C. apple juice
2 C. chopped suet or 1 C. butter
1-1/2 C. cider vinegar
2 C. currents or 1/2 currents & 1/2 raisins
2lbs. brown sugar
2tsp. cinnamon
1tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. mace
2 tsp. salt
1 orange (grated rind and juice)
1 lemon (grated rind and juice)
boiling water

Pour boiling water over chopped tomatoes, let stand overnight. Drain for 1 hour. Combine tomatoes, apples, raisins in a large saucepan. Add salt and sugar mix well. Combine vinegar, juice and spices and add to tomato mixture. Simmer for 2 to 2-1/2 hours. Add suet or butter stir to mix well.
Spoon mincemeat into jars and process (if you wish) in a pressure canner for 25 minutes at 10lbs. pressure. If you do not wish to can, the mincemeat can be frozen or baked immediately into pies, tarts etc.

[Bolas De Fraile]

Blimey Bunny you make mince pies, Heston B has launched a mince pie in Waitrose that you reheat and dust with pine scented sugar. A friend tried them and said they smelled like lav cleaner

[Somebunny]

Lol! Bolas..............I am assuming that its the pine scented sugar that makes them smell like lavatory cleaner! lol again Of course mince pie is an aquired taste for many people, I can only assume that pine is as well

[Bolas De Fraile]

Bunny how easy is it to buy suet in your area?

[Somebunny]

Not that easy in my local ( small town) area, but I think I can get it in the bigger centers with ethnic neighborhoods. I was given some rendered suet one time at a german sausage/paste shop. They were giving each patron a small carton with their purchase. If not I would just use butter or lard.