Here are the ones that you think are worthy of notice.

Thanks Pip for your vegetarian alternatives!

Carol’s Mince-not-Meat

We’ve only been given the ingredients list but we reckon you can work out the rest!

8oz currents

80z sultanas

8oz raisins

8oz grated apple

4oz chopped mixed peel

2oz flaked almonds

4oz soft brown sugar

½ teaspn ground ginger

½ teaspn ground nutmeg

1 teaspn

mixed spice

grated rind and juice of one lemon

40z melted marg

4 table spns brandy or whisky 

Pip’s Pie Pastry  

8oz plain flour

4oz marg

2 oz soft brown sugar

rind of an orange

Enough orange juice to mix

Cinnamon to taste

Just make it like you do the normal boring stuff but use the orange juice instead of water or milk.

Christmas Mull 

To make syrup

2 Oranges and 2 Lemons – juice and zest18 cloves and 3 cinnamon sticks bruised -you can use ground if you wish your mull will just be a bit grittier¼ nutmeg grated – as above8 oz sugar – I like to use rich dark muscavado but any will do1 pt water  Put every thing in a steel or enamel pan and simmer for 30min. Cool, strain and store in the fridge until you need it, it will keep ‘for several weeks’ the book says. 

To Use

 Heat up 1 bottle of wine/carton of fruit juice (grape or apple seems to work particularly well) to approx ¼ pt of the syrup, alternatively just put a bloop (si unit) in a glass with wine /fruit juice and heat up in the microwave. 

Enjoy!