GRANDMOTHER OLIVE AND JEAN'S MINCEMEAT RECIPE
3 quarts chopped apples (cored but not peeled)
4 quarts cooked meat boned and ground with a coarse chopper blade
1 lbs raisins
1 1/2 cup cider or 1/2 cup vinegar and 1/2 cup water
2 1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 1/2 tsp allspice
3-4 cups light molasses or the same amount of brown sugar
Mix all together and cook until hot. Put the hot mixture in pint jars and cold back for 20 minutes. Should make about 8 quarts. One quart makes 2 pies.
You will need two 8 or 9 inch pie crusts for this pie.
PIE CRUSTS RECIPE
2/3 cup lard or 2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons shortening
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 to 5 Tablespoons cold water.
Cut shortening (or lard) into flour and salt until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans side of bowl.
Divide pastry into two halves and shape each into a round ball. One at a time flatten round on lightly floured cloth-covered board. Roll pastry 2 inches larger than inverted pie plate with floured rolling pin. Fold pastry into quarters, unfold and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side. Put 1 pint of mincemeat in pie plate on top of crust. Roll out second crust and put on top of pie plate. Trim edge. Cut slits on top so steam can escape. I do a pinch edge all around the pie edge. Bake at 425 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes.
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10 comments:
Perhaps it tastes better than it sounds! Tom The Backroads Traveller
I never had mincemeat pie, and always wondered what was in it. Quite an interesting combination of ingredients.
Doreen
Thanks, Grandmother Olive. My dad loved mincemeat pie- the real mince meat like you make. In his later years all we could find was the non-meat kind. He would have loved one of your pies!
Mary
Morning Tom,
Mince meat pie always tastes better than it sounds.
Marilyn
Good Morning Doreen,
You never had mince met pie. Try it some time. I love mince meat pie.
Marilyn
Good Morning Mary,
The mince meat that they sell at the grocery store are nothing like what Jean and Grandmother Olive make. I know, I bought it there to make pies. Grocery stores don't have any meat in their mince meat.
Marilyn
I know everyone who had asked for this recipe is thankful to have this! Thanks again for all these recipes!
Hi Willow's Quiet Corner,
You are welcome. I will see that Grandmother Olive gets your message.
Marilyn
I'm so glad to see a "real mincemeat" recipe! Like the other posters replied, the commercial stuff has no meat and lots of stuff no one can pronounce. Godspeed and happy Easter.
Carol in SC
Hi Carol,
You are right. In stores isn't the same as what Grandmother Olive and Jean make. They taste different too.
Marilyn
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