Mince Pie

Ingredients

• 7 pounds meat
• 1 teacup mace compound
• 14 pounds choppeo apples
• 6 pounds suet
• I J^ gallons boiled cider
• 4 pounds sugar
• 7 pounds currants
• 7 pounds seeded raisins
• Nutmeg and cinnamon to taste

Method

1. 1

   Boil together cider, apples and sugar, and when hot pour over the other ingredients.

2. 2

   If citron is liked, put in slices just before baking.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical ... (1895) by William Hart Boyd, page 56. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

mince pies (I do not mean puff paste), and also not to fill them too full. I have used this recipe ever since 1843, s^i^d have never wished for any better for any occasion. It it is pal- atable and healthy. The two following recipes I take from the Messen- ger, but I think them too rich for health; neither do I think it a good plan to boil the mince meat: Mince Pies. 3 pounds fresh beef i fresh beef tongue 4 or 6 pounds suet 3^ pounds raisins % pound citron 3 pounds currants 8 pounds chopped apples 45^ pounds sugar I pint molasses 3 ounces cinnamon I teacup mace compound 2 ounces cloves I J^ ounces salt i nutmeg J^ ounce pepper i ^ gallons sweet cider When mixed put into a kettle and scald, stirring it all the time. Put it hot into Hero or Mason jars — two quart or gallon jars — and the longer you keep it the nicer it will be. When making up your pies you can add a teacup of finely chopped apples for each pie. Home Messenger, ..*< The Queen Cook Book 145 Mince Pie. 7 pounds meat .1 teacup mace compound 14 pounds choppeo apples 6 pounds suet I J^ gallons boiled cider 4 pounds sugar ^ Nutmeg and cinnamon to 7 pounds currants taste. 7 pounds seeded raisins

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