An excellent strawberry and banana smoothie that is simple to modify for low-sugar diets. About 20 years ago, my mum began me on this. Despite the fact that I seldom ever add sugar or sweetener, I am aware that some people prefer a little extra sweetness. If you’d rather, orange juice can be used in place of milk.
| Prep Time: | 45 mins |
| Additional Time: | 3 days |
| Total Time: | 3 days 45 mins |
| Servings: | 50 |
| Yield: | 50 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound suet
- 1 pound brown sugar
- 1 pound sultana raisins
- 1 pound dark raisins
- 1 pound dried currants
- 4 ounces candied mixed fruit peel
- 4 ounces chopped almonds
- ¼ cup ground allspice
- 3 tablespoons ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 3 pounds apples, grated
Instructions
- Melt suet in a saucepan over medium-low heat; strain liquid through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl and discard solids. Refrigerate liquid until again solid.
- Grate solid suet, measure 12 ounces of grated suet into a bowl, and set aside.
- Stir brown sugar, sultana raisins, dark raisins, currants, fruit peel, almonds, allspice, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl; add grated suet and stir. Fold grated apple through the mixture.
- Cover bowl loosely with aluminum foil and allow it to sit at room temperature, stirring once daily, until fermented, 3 to 5 days. Refrigerate until needed.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 226 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Cholesterol | 6 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 150 mg |
| Sugars | 29 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This is the real deal. I followed the recipe as written and waited over a year before sampling this black gold. It is decadent stuff.
For making a year ahead I would soak all the dried fruits in sloe gin overnight and replace the almonds with one pound of chopped dates.