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Remove from the heat and stir occasionally as it cools. Break the mincemeat sponge into pieces and put them in the bottom of a serving dish. Sprinkle with a little sweet wine or Marsala or dry sherry.

Up until the 18th century, recipes for mincemeat pies consistently featured meat, fruit, and spices to create a kind of savory, yet sweet dish, which isn't all that unusual when you consider ...

Add the mincemeat, caster sugar, ground cinnamon and nutmeg to the fruit and mix again. Cut the marzipan into small dice the size of a raisin and stir into the mixture. Tip into an ovenproof dish ...