Mincemeat without Brandy

Ingredients

• six pounds of beef from the shoulder
• three cups of chopped apple
• two pints of melted butter
• one pound of finely chopped suet
• the juice of three lemons
• three pints of brown sugar
• three pounds of raisins
• two pounds of well-washed currants
• two gallons of sweet cider
• two heaping teaspoonfuls of cinnamon
• one level spoonful of cloves
• one level spoonful of pepper
• two small nutmegs
• one-half pound cut into small pieces

Method

1. 1

   Boil the beef quickly, then slowly until tender.

2. 2

   Allow to cool before chopping.

3. 3

   Mix with apples, butter, sugar, raisins, currants, cider, and spices.

4. 4

   Let sit for a day before using.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The universal cookery book (1887) by Gertrude Strohm, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mincemeat without Brandy. Take six pounds of beef from the shoulder, and boil fast for a few moments so as to seal up the pores of the meat ; then more slowly until quite tender, salting as if for table use. Allow it to simmer down as dry as possible without scorching, thereby saving all the juice of the meat. If this is not successfully done, use the liquor which is left, in the mincemeat. It must be perfectly cold before chopping. To every pint of meat take three cups of chopped apple. If the pies are preferred cold, use, instead of suet, two pints of melted butter ; otherwise, one- half the quantity of butter and one pound of finely chopped suet will do ; the juice of three lemons ; three pints of brown sugar (if this quantity does not sweeten sufficiently, add cautiously to suit the taste) ; three pounds of raisins, the largest of them cut in two and seeded ; two pounds of well-washed currants ; two gallons of sweet cider (if it has fer- mented, add another half-gallon, and boil in a gran- ite or porcelain kettle an hour and a half) ; two heaping teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one level spoonful each of cloves and pepper, two small nutmegs, and, EDITOR'S DOUGHNUTS. 1 86 if citron is liked, one-half pound cut into small pieces

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