Dessert recipe illustration Illustrative image—not a photograph of this dish. Be the first to upload a real one.
v1 Public Imported from Wikibooks revision 4517307

Classic Mince Pies

personRecipeLibrary
starNot Rated Yet

Cookbook | Recipes | Ingredients | Equipment | Techniques | Cookbook Disambiguation Pages | Recipes

print Print history History
schedulePrep 0 min local_fire_departmentCook 0 min speedmedium

Source: Wikibooks contributors

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: Revision 4517307

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikibooks contributors

#henry hartshorne #medium difficulty #public domain #recipes for mince pie #recipes using apple #recipes using beef #recipes using granulated sugar #recipes using orange #recipes using pie dough #recipes without cooking time #recipes without servings
Dessert

Ingredients

Scale
  • 4 pounds beef, boiled and chopped
  • 1 pound suet
  • 2 pounds granulated sugar
  • 2 pounds raisins
  • 4 pounds chopped apples
  • 1 pint wine
  • 1 pint cider
  • Mace
  • Nutmeg
  • Orange zest
  • Pie dough

Directions

  1. Combine beef, suet, sugar, raisins, apples, wine, and cider until thin enough.
  2. Add mace, nutmeg, and orange zest to taste.
  3. If not sweet enough, add more sugar.
  4. Form pies with the pastry dough and filling.
  5. Bake pies.
  6. Warm the pies before serving.

Notes

Butter may be used instead of suet.

The apples may be stewed and the cider reduced.

Test Notes

lock Sign in to add tested notes or ratings.

No test notes yet.