Old Fashioned Mince Meat
By
Bonnie Lockhart
@rossbon
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My husband's Grandma Skinner used to help make this with the ladies at the Methodist church, and they would sell it every fall. I don't know how old this recipe is, but we used to buy it in the 1960's, and they had been making it a lot of years before that. Makes a lot, so you may need to can the rest. Don't know how it would freeze. I vacuum seal things, and to make a pie and freeze it would probably be fine.
Ingredients
- 1 gal
- chopped raw apples, do not peel
- 1/2 gal
- boiled beef roast, pulled or cut up
- 2 lb
- seedless raisins
- 2 c
- dark brown sugar
- 3 c
- white vinegar
- 1 1/2 tsp
- ground cloves
- 2 tsp
- allspice, ground
- 1 tsp
- cinnamon
- 1 c
- citron (if you like the taste)
- 1 lb
- currants
How to Make Old Fashioned Mince Meat
- 1Mix together the apples, beef, currants, raisins, brown sugar and vinegar. Add the spices and mix. Ready for pie after it has seasoned overnight in a covered crock, or large covered bowl, in a cool place (I suggest the frig) and use or immediately can.
- 2One quart jar makes a very generous pie. Needs top and bottom crusts.
