Mince-Meat for Pies

Ingredients

• six pounds of beef
• three pounds of suet
• six pounds of white sugar
• one peck of apples
• three pounds of seeded raisins
• one pound of currants
• half a pound of sliced citron
• two nutmegs
• half a tea-cupful of ground cinnamon
• three table-spoonfuls of mace
• three table-spoonfuls of cloves
• two gallons of sweet cider
• one table-spoonful of salt

Method

1. 1

   Boil the beef until well done and then mince.

2. 2

   Mix with suet, sugar, chopped apples, raisins, currants, citron, grated nutmegs, ground cinnamon, mace, cloves, and sweet cider.

3. 3

   Add salt to the beef-liquor and pour over the mixture.

4. 4

   This quantity will make five gallons.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 20 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Kentucky home cook book (1884) by Maysville (Ky.). Methodist Episcopal Church, South., page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MINCE-MEAT FOR PIES. Take six pounds of beef boiled until well done and then minced, three pounds of suet chopped fine, six pounds of white sugar, one peck of apples chopped, three pounds of seeded raisins, one pound of currants, half a pound of sliced citron, two nutmegs grated, half a tea-cupful of ground cin- namon, three table-spoonfuls each of mace and cloves, and two gallons of sweet cider. Add one table-spoonful of salt

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