Fruity Pear Mince
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🎄 Christmas Cheer: Fruity Pear Mince Magic in Your Thermomix! 🍐✨
Gifts away...this is the perfect pressie for the foodie in your life. It is so fragrant and Christmassy, you will just love making it. With a better fragrance than any Christmas candle you will transform your entire home into a Christmas workshop when you make this lovely fruity mince. It is awesome used in all sorts of ways, think tarts, with little marzipan stars, Fruity Shortbread Slice, on or stirred through ice cream, stirred through custard...yum.
I am pretty sure you will put this on your Christmas menu year after year...(hope you’re using that amazing Menu Builder feature!!)
Homemade Mince Baklava - Use the fruity pear mince as a filling for our non traditional Christmas baklava.
Christmas Tarts - Create festive tartlets topped with a dollop of whipped cream.
Holiday Cheesecake Topping - Spoon it over a baked cheesecake for a seasonal twist.
Stuffing for Pastries - Use as a filling for puff pastry turnovers or Danish pastries.
Dessert Parfait Layers - Layer it with yogurt, cream, or custard in glasses for a no-bake treat.
Christmas Ice Cream Mix-in - Swirl it through homemade or store-bought vanilla ice cream.
Festive Pavlova Topping - Add it as a topping for a Christmas pavlova along with fresh fruit.
Christmas Pudding Alternative - Use it as a quick and lighter pudding alternative.
Gift Idea - Jar the mince for a thoughtful, homemade edible Christmas gift.
French Toast or Pancake Topping - Serve it warm as a festive breakfast topper.
Glaze for Roast Meats - Use it as a glaze or accompaniment for ham or turkey.
Fruit Mince Crumble - Make a quick crumble by adding a buttery topping and baking.
Cake Filling - Incorporate it as a filling layer in a Christmas fruitcake or sponge.
Gingerbread Add-on - Serve alongside gingerbread for an extra fruity flavor.
Cocktail Mixer - Stir it into festive drinks like mulled wine or a Christmas cocktail.
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Need
- 750 Grams pears, peeled, cored and quartered
- 250 Grams raw sugar
- 1 orange, zest and juice
- 1 lemons zest and juice
- 100 Grams craisins
- 130 Grams currants
- 50 Grams glace ginger, chopped
- 60 Grams flaked almonds
- 1 Teaspoon each ground cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, cardamon
- 5 Drops doTERRA wild orange oil (optional) BUY
- 2 Drops doTERRA cinnamon bark oil (optional) BUY
- 2 Tablespoons brandy or cointreau (optional)
Do
- 1
Place orange zest into Thermomix bowl and chop 10 sec/speed 7.
- 2
Add pears and sugar and chop 3 sec/speed 6.
- 3
Add remaining ingredients except brandy and cook 35 min/Varoma/Reverse/speed 1. Cool slightly, stir brandy or cointreau through and set aside until ready to use.
- 4
Store in sterilised jars in the fridge until use.
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
