Mince Meat Pie

Subject: Mince Meat Pie Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:49 pm

Mince Meat Pie

2 cups chopped lean beef

4 cups chopped tart apples

2 cups currants

2 cups seeded raisins

1 cup chopped suet or fat

2 cups sugar

2 teaspoons salt

1 cup strong coffee

1 tablespoon each of nutmeg, ground cloves, cinnamon and ginger

1 cup meat stock

Boil the meat until tender, cool in the juice and chop fine.

Mix the materials in the order written

Simmer slowly, Bottle and seal while hot

When making a pie, line a deep pie pan with crust, fill with mincemeat,

Using 1 quart,

Pour over a tablespoon of cream,

A tablespoon of sugar

And dot with a tablespoon of butter

Put on the top crust and bake in a very hot oven (450) for 1/2 an hour

Serve hot with pieces of American cheese.

Recipe courtesy of Chicago Evening American Cookbook 1932

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