How to Make Appetizing Mincemeat pie

Mincemeat pie. A friend gave me this recipe for mincemeat many years ago. It is so good that even those who do not care for mincemeat pie likes it. If preferred, use molasses instead of sorghum.

Grate the cold butter on the large side of a box grater directly into the dry ingredients. Mincemeat pie is a dish that isn't very common in the American kitchen, which can lead to some confusion for cooks, even those on the Allrecipes staff. When a few of us were discussing this classic Christmas dish, we realized that we were unsure if traditional mincemeat filling actually contains meat, and so my deep-dive into the pie's history. You can have Mincemeat pie using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mincemeat pie

1. It's of pie filling.
2. You need 8 oz of chopped cooked meat.
3. Prepare 1/4 cup of suet.
4. It's 1/2 cup of raisins.
5. You need 1/2 cup of dried currants or red currant jelly.
6. It's 1/2 cup of candied citron.
7. It's 1 pints of pared apples.
8. It's 1 cup of apple juice or apple cider.
9. Prepare 1 medium of lemon , the juice and zest I used a Meyer lemon.
10. You need 1 cup of brown sugar, packed.
11. It's 1 tsp of salt.
12. It's 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
13. You need 1 tsp of allspice.
14. You need 1 tbsp of peach pickle juice.
15. It's of crust.
16. Prepare 2 of nine inch pie crust.

Cover with second crust and seal edges. Cut slits in top crust to vent steam. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream if desired. The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified.

Mincemeat pie instructions

1. Cook the meat till done I cook this in the suet.
2. In a saucepan add all ingredients except crust and peach pickle juice.
3. Cook slowly for 1 1/4 hours stirring frequently then add peach pickle juice https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/358090-sweet-pickled-peaches.
4. 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.
5. Mine cooked in oven 6 inches off bottom of oven for 25 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine mincemeat filling, grated apple, brandy, and lemon zest. Spoon filling into the chilled piecrust. Cross & Blackwell Rum and Brandy Mincemeat Pie Filling and Topping Roll out remaining pastry dough on floured surface. Cut a few slits near center to vent steam.