Mince Meat

Ingredients

• U cups chopped beef
• 1 cup cider
• 1 pint chopped apple
• 1 cup chopped suet
• 1| cups sugar
• 1 cup syrup from sweet pickle jar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon mace
• f cup raisins (Sultana preferred)
• Grating of nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Mix all together.

2. 2

   Cook 1 hour.

3. 3

   Put into sterilized jars.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Metropolitan cook book (1918) by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

teaspoon cinnamon Few gratings lemon rind I cup sugar 1 teaspoon lemon juice Line pie plate with paste. Pare, core and cut apples and fill the pie. Mix the dry ingredients and lemon juice, and sprinkle over apples. Dot over with butter. Wet edges of under crust, cover with upper crust, pressing the edges close together. Bake in a hot oven 40 to 45 minutes, or until fruit is cooked. LEMON PIE 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon butter 2 egg yolks 3 tablespoons cornstarch Grated rind 1 lemon Juice 1 lemon ( 1 cup boiling water Mix cornstarch and sugar; add to boiling water, stirring constantly. Cook until clear; add the butter, beaten yolks, lemon juice and rind. Cool. Line plate with paste. Prick the paste and bake. Fill with lemon mixture ^nd cover with meringue, and bake until meringue is brown. 62 THE METROPOIvlTAN LIFE COOK BOOK MERINGUE Whites 2 eggs 2 tablespoons sugar or pow- 1 1 tablespoons lemon dered sugar, and I tea- juice spoon vanilla Beat the whites until stiff; fold in sugar and add flavoring. COCOANUT CREAM PIE 1 1 cups scalded milk 3 tablespoons corn- 1 tablespoon butter I cup sugar starch | cup shredded cocoanut I teaspoon salt Yolks 3 eggs | teaspoon vanilla Add the sugar, cornstarch and salt to the egg yolks. Pour the scalded milk into this, return to double boiler, stir and cook until thickened. Add the butter, cocoanut and vanilla. Pour into a pie tin lined with pastry. Bake. Cover with meringue. MINCE PIE Line a pie tin with pastry. Fill with mince meat. Cover with pastry. MINCE MEAT U cups chopped beef 1 cup cider Grating of nutmeg (roast or steak) | cup syrup from sweet i teaspoon cloves 1 pint chopped apple pickle jar | teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup chopped suet 1 teaspoon salt f cup raisins (Sultana pre- 1| cups sugar 1 teaspoon mace f erred) Mix all together. Cook 1 hour. Put into sterilized jars. CRANBERRY AND RAISIN PIE, OR MOCK CHERRY PIE 2 cups cranberries 1 cup sugar 1 t«|Jespoon lemon or 1 cup water ^ cup cracker crumbs orange juice I cup seeded raisins 1 egg Boil first 3 ingredients until cranberries burst open, then add the sugar. Cool, add the cracker crumbs, egg and orange juice. Line a pie plate with pastry. Fill with fruit mixture. Arrange strips of pastry lattice fashion over top and bake in a quick oven 25 minutes. PUMPKIN PIE 1 i cups steamed pump- | teaspoon cinnamon i teaspoon salt kin forced through i teaspoon ginger 1 slightly beaten egg a strainer i teaspoon cloves

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