Mincemeat pie. Mincemeat pie, also called mince pie, has occupied a prominent place on Britain's holiday table for centuries and that tradition continues today. Christmas without mince pies is unimaginable. Mincemeat is a classic pie flavor that traditionally contains fruit, pecans, brandy and citrus zest.
Learn how to make classic British mincemeat pies.
Country Mince Pie from our Throwback Thanksgiving feature.
Country Mince Pie from our Throwback Thanksgiving feature.
You can have Mincemeat pie using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Mincemeat pie
- It's of pie filling.
- Prepare 8 oz of chopped cooked meat.
- It's 1/4 cup of suet.
- You need 1/2 cup of raisins.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of dried currants or red currant jelly.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of candied citron.
- You need 1 pints of pared apples.
- Prepare 1 cup of apple juice or apple cider.
- Prepare 1 medium of lemon , the juice and zest I used a Meyer lemon.
- It's 1 cup of brown sugar, packed.
- Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
- It's 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- Prepare 1 tsp of allspice.
- It's 1 tbsp of peach pickle juice.
- You need of crust.
- It's 2 of nine inch pie crust.
These cute little Mince Pies, also known as Mincemeat Tarts, are made with a crisp and buttery pie pastry and a really good mincemeat. Mince pies are a Christmas staple and this really easy mince pie recipe will soon become a family favourite. Use your favourite mincemeat and dust with beautiful icing sugar for an impressive festive. Mother made this a lot when I was growing up and she also made mincemeat cookies.
Mincemeat pie step by step
- Cook the meat till done I cook this in the suet.
- In a saucepan add all ingredients except crust and peach pickle juice.
- Cook slowly for 1 1/4 hours stirring frequently then add peach pickle juice https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/358090-sweet-pickled-peaches.
- Bake the bottom crust 30-35 minutes add filling cover with the other pie crust bake till top crust is done make sure to put steam vent holes in top of crust.
- Mine cooked in oven 6 inches off bottom of oven for 25 minutes.
Take the top of every other strip and fold it back halfway. Mincemeat developed as a way of preserving meat. The Mincemeat Pies recipe out of our category Bitesize! Star chef Grant Achatz balances the spicy-sweet fruit filling in his mincemeat pie with rum and brandy. Get the recipe at Food & Wine.
