Robertson's Mincemeat 411g - Baking Ingredients - Le Comptoir Irlandais (2024)

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What are the ingredients in Robertson's classic mincemeat? ›

Robertson's mincemeat is a delicious mix of apple, dried fruits, candied peel and mixed spices. Robertson's has been making Mincemeat since 1891, perfect for all your Christmas baking, especially delicious mince pies. Once open store in a refrigerator and consume within 6 weeks.

Unfortunately the company who bought it has decided to discontinue! Get it while you can-the cookie recipe is on the box and they're awesome. Sadly you cannot replicate the cookies properly using the jarred minced meat/they do NOT come out well. Pricey but worth it!

Once opened keep refrigerated. Use within 6 weeks. Best Before End: See lid.

Sugar, Apples (26%), Vine Fruit (26%) (Sultanas, Raisins, Currants), Candied Citrus Peel (Glucose-Fructose Syrup (Wheat), Orange Peel, Sugar, Lemon Peel), Vegetable Oil, Treacle, Acidity Regulators (260, 330), Rice Flour, Spices (Cinnamon, Coriander, Dill, Fennel, Cloves, Ginger, Nutmeg, Cassia), Antioxidant (300).

Mincemeat isn't difficult to make, but it has a lot of ingredients, which can make it expensive to produce in small batches, and it requires at least a day's advance planning to let the ingredients sit.

By the 18th century it was more likely to be tongue or even tripe, and in the 19th century it was minced beef. It was not until the late Victorian period and early 20th Century that mince pies dropped the meat and had all fruit fillings (albeit with suet). Even today there are traditions associated with mince pies.

The Kirkland signature mince pies from Costco.

If you store it in a cool dark place the mincemeat will last for up to 1 year unopened. Once open store in the refrigerator and use within 3=4 months.

None Such Mincemeat has seasonal distribution throughout the United States. If you cannot find None Such Mincemeat in your grocery store, please notify the store manager.

If I find an old jar of mincemeat I boil it up to kill off any bacteria, and then might add some extra fruit and brandy. If it tastes okay then, I will use it! I would open one, look at it, sniff it, taste a bit. If it tasted and smelled ok, and not mouldy or obviously too old, I would use it.

Should canned mincemeat be refrigerated? ›

How to store mincemeat. The high sugar content of mincemeat, enhanced by fat and perhaps alcohol, means mincemeat can be stored at a cool ambient temperature for many months. Once opened it will keep for even longer refrigerated.

Product Description: Robertson's Classic Mincemeat is a delicious mix of apple, dried fruit's, candied peel and mixed spices. It is perfect for all your Christmas baking, especially delicious mince pies. It is suitable for vegetarians. It's shelf life is 730 days.

The reason mincemeat is called meat is because that's exactly what it used to be: most often mutton, but also beef, rabbit, pork or game. Mince pies were first served in the early middle ages, and the pies were quite sizeable, filled with a mixture of finely minced meat, chopped up fruit and a preserving liquid.

You should be able to find these currants in many supermarkets and natural food stores, and we have seen them in several branches of Whole Foods. Or you can order them on-line from Bob's Red Mill. If you can't find them the you could use extra regular raisins or golden raisins.

Mincemeat is a combination of chopped dried fruits, spices, sugar, nuts, distilled spirits, a fat of some type and sometimes meat. The name is a carryover from 15th century England when mincemeat did indeed have meat in the mix; in fact, the whole point of mincemeat was to preserve meat with sugar and alcohol.

Robertsons makes it easy to create the perfect mince dish with this specially crafted vegan-friendly Spice for Mince Seasoning Refill that brings together the warm, aromatic flavours of paprika, sage, thyme, pimento, nutmeg, garlic, black pepper, cassia and cinnamon.

Mincemeat

Mince pie / Main ingredient

Ingredients: Water, Corn Syrup, Raisins, Dried Apples, Molasses, Corn Starch Modified, Distilled Vinegar, Dried Orange And Lemon Peel, Salt, Spices, Beef, Fruit Pectin, Natural Flavor.