Mincemeat - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb beef
1/2 lb suet
1/4 lb citron
3/4 lb candied peel
1 lb apple
1 lemon
1 orange
1/2 lb sugar
1/2 lb currants
1 lb raisins
1 tablespoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup brandy
1 cup dry sherry
sherry wine (optional) or rum (optional)

Preparation

Put meat, suet, citron, peel, peeled and cored apples, lemon and orange through the meat grinder.
Mix throughly with sugar, currants. rasins, spices, salt, brandy and sherry.
Pack into quart jars and process or freeze.
Every few months add a couple of tablespoons brandy, sherry or rum if the mix looks dry.