Sweet Baked Goods Mince-Meat (filling)

mince-meat
(from The Great Western Cook Book, Or Table Receipts: Adapted to Western Housewifery, by Anna Maria Collins, 1857)

Ingredients:

2 lbs. beef-suet​

1 lb. apples​

3 lbs. currants​

1 lb. raisins, stoned​

1 lb. good brown sugar​

1/2 lb. citron​

2 lbs. of ready-dressed roast beef​

2 nutmegs​

1 oz. salt​

1/2 oz. allspice​

1/2 oz. cloves​

the juice of 6 lemons​

1/2 pint brandy​

1 pint sweet wine​

1 quart good cider​

Instructions:

Two pounds of beef-suet, chopped fine; two pounds of apples, cored, pared, and chopped fine; three pounds of currants, washed and picked; one pound of raisins, stoned and chopped fine; one pound of good brown sugar; half a pound of citron, cut into thin slices; two pounds of ready-dressed roast beef, free from skin and gristle, chopped fine; two nutmegs, grated; one ounce of salt; half an ounce of allspice, half an ounce of cloves, all ground fine; the juice of six lemons, with their rinds grated; half a pint of brandy, a pint of sweet wine, a quart of good cider. Mix the suet, apple, currants, meat, plums, and sweetmeats, well together, in a large pan, and strew in the spice by degrees; mix the sugar, lemon-juice, wine, brandy, and cider, and pour it into the other ingredients, and stir them well together. Cover it closely, and set it away in a cold place; when wanted, stir up the meat from the bottom, and add some brandy to the quantity you use.​

Wishing y'all a Merry Christmas!

 

[JOHN42768]

Sure glad to see some people still like mincemeat pie. Always enjoyed it. Merry Christmas

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Sure glad to see some people still like mincemeat pie. Always enjoyed it. Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

 

[donna]

An excellent recipe on Mince Pie from Albert.