Forum Host- Joined
- Sep 3, 2014
- Location
- Center Valley, PA
Another potential holiday favorite. I have tasted the modern version of minced meat pie about 20 years ago in the upper Midwest and did not understand the 'meat' part in the name. Now I get it.
All those are from Miss Leslie's Complete Cookery, Directions for Cookery, in its various branches; Philadelphia 1851
THE BEST'MINCE-MEAT.— Take a large fresh tongue, rub it with a mixture, in equal proportions, of salt, brown sugar, and powdered cloves. . Cover it, and let it lie two days, or at least twenty-four hours. Then boil it- two hours, and when it is cold, skin it, and mince it very fine. Chop also three pounds of beef suet, six pounds of sultana raisins, and six pounds of the best pippin apples that have been pre viously pared and cored. Add three pounds of currants, picked, washed and dried; two large table-spoonfuls of pow dered cinnamon; the juice and grated rinds of four large lemons ; one pound of sweet almonds, one ounce of bitter almonds, blanched and pounded in a mortar with half a pint of rose water ; also four powdered nutmegs ; two dozen beaten cloves ; and'a dozen blades of mace powdered. Add a pound of powdered white sugar, and a pound of citron cat into slips. Mix all together, and moisten it with a quart of Madeira, and a pint of brandy. Put it up closely in a stone jar with brandy paper ; and when you take any out, add Bome more sugar and brandy; and chop some fresh apples. Bake this mince-meat in puff paste. You may reserve the citron- to put in when you make the pies. Do not cut the slips too small, or the taste, will be almost imperceptible.
VERY PLAIN MINCE-MEAT.— Take a piece of fresh beef, consisting of about two pounds of lean, and one pound of fat. • Boil it, and when it is quite cold, chop it fine. Or you may substitute cold roast beef. Pare and core some fine juicy apples, cut them in pieces, weigh three pounds, and chop them. Stone four pounds of raisins, and chop them also. Add a large table-spoonful of powdered cloves, and the same quantity of powdered cinnamon. Also a pound of brown sugar. Mix all thoroughly, moistening it with a quart of bottled or sweet cider. You may add the grated peel and the juice of an orange. » Bake it Ih good common paste. This mince-meat will do very well for children or for family use, but is too plain to be set before a guest. Neither will it keep so long as that which is richer and more highly sea soned. It is best to make no more of it at once than you have immediate occasion for.
MINCE-MEAT FOR LENT Boil a dozen eggs quite hard, and chop the yolks very fine. Chop also a dozen pippins , and two pounds of sultana raisins. Add two pounds of currants, a pound of sugar, a table-spoonful of powdered cinnamon, a tea-spoonful of beaten mace, three powdered nutmegs, the juice and grated peel of three large lemons,and half a pound of citron cut in largo strips. MJX these ingredients thoroughly, and moisten the whole with a pint of white wine, half a pint of rose-water, and half a pint of brandy Bake it in very nice paste. These mince pies may be eaten by persons who refrain from meat in Lent.
"pippins" means apples or pears, btw.
All those are from Miss Leslie's Complete Cookery, Directions for Cookery, in its various branches; Philadelphia 1851
THE BEST'MINCE-MEAT.— Take a large fresh tongue, rub it with a mixture, in equal proportions, of salt, brown sugar, and powdered cloves. . Cover it, and let it lie two days, or at least twenty-four hours. Then boil it- two hours, and when it is cold, skin it, and mince it very fine. Chop also three pounds of beef suet, six pounds of sultana raisins, and six pounds of the best pippin apples that have been pre viously pared and cored. Add three pounds of currants, picked, washed and dried; two large table-spoonfuls of pow dered cinnamon; the juice and grated rinds of four large lemons ; one pound of sweet almonds, one ounce of bitter almonds, blanched and pounded in a mortar with half a pint of rose water ; also four powdered nutmegs ; two dozen beaten cloves ; and'a dozen blades of mace powdered. Add a pound of powdered white sugar, and a pound of citron cat into slips. Mix all together, and moisten it with a quart of Madeira, and a pint of brandy. Put it up closely in a stone jar with brandy paper ; and when you take any out, add Bome more sugar and brandy; and chop some fresh apples. Bake this mince-meat in puff paste. You may reserve the citron- to put in when you make the pies. Do not cut the slips too small, or the taste, will be almost imperceptible.
VERY PLAIN MINCE-MEAT.— Take a piece of fresh beef, consisting of about two pounds of lean, and one pound of fat. • Boil it, and when it is quite cold, chop it fine. Or you may substitute cold roast beef. Pare and core some fine juicy apples, cut them in pieces, weigh three pounds, and chop them. Stone four pounds of raisins, and chop them also. Add a large table-spoonful of powdered cloves, and the same quantity of powdered cinnamon. Also a pound of brown sugar. Mix all thoroughly, moistening it with a quart of bottled or sweet cider. You may add the grated peel and the juice of an orange. » Bake it Ih good common paste. This mince-meat will do very well for children or for family use, but is too plain to be set before a guest. Neither will it keep so long as that which is richer and more highly sea soned. It is best to make no more of it at once than you have immediate occasion for.
MINCE-MEAT FOR LENT Boil a dozen eggs quite hard, and chop the yolks very fine. Chop also a dozen pippins , and two pounds of sultana raisins. Add two pounds of currants, a pound of sugar, a table-spoonful of powdered cinnamon, a tea-spoonful of beaten mace, three powdered nutmegs, the juice and grated peel of three large lemons,and half a pound of citron cut in largo strips. MJX these ingredients thoroughly, and moisten the whole with a pint of white wine, half a pint of rose-water, and half a pint of brandy Bake it in very nice paste. These mince pies may be eaten by persons who refrain from meat in Lent.
"pippins" means apples or pears, btw.
Thread Medic
Bringing the