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Mincemeat

Source of Recipe

New England


Recipe Introduction

Serve hot. Makes 12 quarts.

List of Ingredients

4 pounds beef, diced
2 pounds beef suet
2 pounds sugar
2 pounds raisins, chopped
2 pounds currants
4 pounds apples, chopped fine
1/2 pound citron
1/2 pound candied lemon peel, minced
grated peel of 2 oranges
grated peel of 1 lemon
1 nutmeg grated
1 T cloves
1 T cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1/2 C orange juice
1/2 C lemon juice
4 C hard cider
2 C brandy



Recipe

Boil the meat and suet together until tender. Drain and cool. Force through a food chopper. Mix all the remaining ingredients together except brandy, and cook for 1 1/2 hours. Add the liquor. Pour into sterilized jars and seal.