Mincemeat

Ingredients

• 4 cups minced meat
• 9 cups apples
• 1% cups suet, very fine
• 4 cups white sugar
• 3 pints sweet cider
• 1^ cup whisky
• % cup sherry wine
• Juice 3 lemons
• Juice 3 oranges
• 1 cup preserved cherries
• 1 teaspoon white pepper
• % teaspoon cloves
• 4 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• % nutmeg
• Vq pound citron
• 3 pounds raisins
• IY2 pounds currants
• 1 cup preserved Damson plums
• 1 cup almonds

Method

1. 1

   Cook the raisins, currants, citron, apples, suet, and sugar together slowly for one and one-half hours, then add almonds, spices, fruit juice, cider, whisky, and wine.

2. 2

   Stir thoroughly, add meat, and stir again until all are blended, adding the preserves with the fruit juice.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 20 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Scientific cooking with scientific methods (1911) by Sarah E. Woodworth Craig, page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mincemeat, 4 cups minced meat. 9 cups apples. 1% cups suet, very fine. 4 cups white sugar. 3 pints sweet cider. 1^ cup whisky. % cup sherry wine. Juice 3 lemons. Juice 3 oranges. 1 cup preserved cherries. 1 teaspoon white pepper. % teaspoon cloves. 4 teaspoons cinnamon. 1 teaspoon salt. % nutmeg. Vq pound citron. 3 pounds raisins. IY2 pounds currants. 1 cup preserved Damson plums. 1 cup almonds

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