Mince Pie

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped meat
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1 1/2 cups currants
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups molasses
• 3 cups chopped apples
• 1 cup meat liquor
• 2 teaspoonfuls salt
• 2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon
• 1/3 teaspoonful mace
• 1/3 teaspoonful powdered cloves
• 1 lemon, grated rind and juice
• 1/2 piece citron
• 1 cup cider

Method

1. 1

   Mix in the order given, using enough meat liquor to make quite moist, and cook in a porcelain kettle until the apples and raisins are soft.

2. 2

   Do not add the cider until the meat is cooked.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A bill of fare for every day in the year ... (1892) by Beatrice Wilde Bryant, page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mince Pie. Supper— Cold Sliced Roast Veal. Thin Bread and Butter. Hot Baked Apples. Cake. Tea. Mince Pie. — i cup chopped meat, 1% cups raisins. 1J2 cups cur- rants, 1^/2 cups brown sugar, i V3 molasses, 3 cups chopped apples, i cup meat liquor, 2 teaspoonfuls salt, 2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon, J3 teaspoonful mace, J3 teaspoonful powdered cloves, i lemon, grated rind and juice, J^ piece citron, i cup cider.

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