English Mince Meat

Ingredients

• Four pounds beef
• three pounds dried currants
• one-half pound citron
• four pounds beef suet
• two pounds raisins
• one-half dozen oranges
• two-thirds pound chopped apples
• four pounds sugar
• one quart X. O. molasses
• one-half gallon sweet cider
• one tablespoonful ground cloves
• one tablespoonful ground all-spice
• one tablespoonful ground cinnamon
• four nutmegs (grated fine)
• one pint of good brandy

Method

1. 1

   Chop the beef, suet, citron, and apples separately, very fine.

2. 2

   Then mix well together, adding the raisins (seeded), the currants (thoroughly washed), and the other ingredients.

3. 3

   Place all in a jar, spread over top a paper dipped in brandy, and then cover jar tightly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Some simple Sunday suppers (1895) by Suzan Sweeney Snapp, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

English Mixce Meat (extra tine).— Four pounds beef; three pounds dried currants; one-half pound citron; four pounds beef suet; two pounds raisins; one-half dozen oranges; two-thirds pound chopped apples; four pounds sugar; one quart X. 0. molasses; one -half gallon sweet cider; one table- spoonful ground cloves ; one tablespoonful ground all- spice; one tablespoonful ground cinnamon; four nut- megs (grated fine); one pint of good brandy

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