3 spice sweetmeats Recipes

any good cut of beef. (i usually use shoulder )., sliced onions ., whole head of garlic. (don tsp be scared. cooked garlic doesn tsp smell )., honey ., red wine for the recipe ., other half to drink while preparing ., soy-sauce. (the real stuff ), bay leaves ., pimento spice ., oil, roaster if you have 1. if not ,any large pot that can go into the oven.

luxury dried fruits (a medley of raisins, currants, citrus peel, sultanas, apricots, figs, dates etc.), ground almonds, glace ginger, chopped, orange , zest of, grated medium, brandy or 2 -3 tsp orange juice, caster sugar (superfine sugar), mixed spice (or a mixture of ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground cloves and allspice), pistachio nuts, red glace cherries