Mince Pie

Ingredients

• Four pounds beef
• three pounds suet
• three pounds raisins
• three pounds currants
• one pound citron
• three pounds brown sugar
• one pint syrup
• eight lemons grated
• two teaspoons cinnamon
• one of cloves
• one of nutmeg
• To one quart of the mixture
• one pint chopped apples
• Wet with sweet cider

Method

1. 1

   Combine all ingredients and mix well.

2. 2

   Use as a filling for pies.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 114. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mince Pie. On the chafing dish with a " slip on " of Welsh Rarebit. Cook one and one-half cups chopped apple with one table- spoon butter, until soft, add one-third cup each molosses and cider; then add two-thirds cup sugar mixed with one-third tea- spoon each cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and one-eighth teaspoon mace, add the juice and rind of one lemon, and one tablespoon vinegar, the juice and part of rind of one orange, one-half cup cracker crumbs, one-third cup currants, one-third cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces; one-fourth cup citron, cut in small '226 New Century Cook*Book. strips; and salt to taste. Heat to boiling point and serve in patty shells. Slip On. — Pour welsh rarebit over mince pie. Welsh Rarebit. — Melt one tablespoon butter, add one teaspoon cornstarch, and stir until well mixed; then one-half cup thin cream and cook two minutes, add one-half pound soft, mild cheese, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon mustard, and a few grains cayenne. Stir until cheese has melted, and mixture is of a creamy consistency. Pour over mince pie. Laura M. Munger. Mock Mince Pie. One cup bread crumbs, one cup Orleans molasses, one cup brown sugar, one cup raisins, one-half cup currants, five apples chopped fine, one-half cup vinegar, one-half cup butter, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one-half teaspoon allspice, one nutmeg, one cup of boiling water, pour over the bread. Boil all together about fifteen minutes. Mrs. Watson. Mince Pie. Four pounds beef, three pounds suet, three pounds raisins, three pounds currants, one pound citron, three pounds brown sugar, one pint syrup, eight lemons grated, two teaspoons cinnamon, one of cloves, one of nutmeg. To one quart of the mixture one pint chopped apples. Wet with sweet cider

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