Mincemeat pie. A mince pie (also mincemeat pie in New England, and fruit mince pie in Australia and New Zealand) is a sweet pie of English origin, filled with a mixture of dried fruits and spices called "mincemeat", that is traditionally served during the Christmas season in much of the English-speaking world. 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.
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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.
- It's 8 oz of chopped cooked meat.
- It's 1/4 cup of suet.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of raisins.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of dried currants or red currant jelly.
- You need 1/2 cup of candied citron.
- It's 1 pints of pared apples.
- It's 1 cup of apple juice or apple cider.
- You need 1 medium of lemon , the juice and zest I used a Meyer lemon.
- Prepare 1 cup of brown sugar, packed.
- You need 1 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- It's 1 tsp of allspice.
- It's 1 tbsp of peach pickle juice.
- Prepare of crust.
- It's 2 of nine inch pie crust.
Country Mince Pie from our Throwback Thanksgiving feature. 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. The Mincemeat Pies recipe out of our category Bitesize!
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.
Mincemeat developed as a way of preserving meat. Take the top of every other strip and fold it back halfway. They brought home a variety of oriental spices. Star chef Grant Achatz balances the spicy-sweet fruit filling in his mincemeat pie with rum and brandy. Get the recipe at Food & Wine.
