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MINCE PIES
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MINCE PIES

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

506
Calories
27g
Protein
17g
Fat
59g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Mace not in our table 0
Brandy not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • two pounds lean fresh beef
  • one pound beef-suet
  • five pounds apples
  • two pounds raisins
  • one pound sultana raisins
  • two pounds currants
  • two tablespoonfuls cinnamon
  • two tablespoonfuls mace
  • one tablespoonful cloves
  • one tablespoonful fine salt
  • half pounds brown sugar
  • one quart brown sherry
  • one pint best brandy
  • a pound of citron
  • four waters
  • one small beat the » yolks
  • one powdered nutmeg
  • one tavlespoonful all- spice

Directions

1

Two pounds lean fresh beef, boiled, and when cold, chopped fine; one pound beef-suet, cleared of strings and minced to powder; five pounds apples, pared and chopped; two pounds raisins, seeded and chopped; one

2

pound sultana raisins, washed and picked over; two pounds currants, washed in four waters and carefully picked over (otherwise look out for dirt); three-quarters

3

(heaping) ; ne heaping Grate the lice of the n with the | and juice, the whites.

4

butter, one l of boiling Jissolve the

5

it into the , then pour emon juice, Ipper crust. r, one small

6

Beat the » yolks and lemon peel mon to the ake in two ff meringue, 2w drops of he meringue

7

when cold, d of strings 3, pared and nopped; one | over; two nd carefully ree-quarters

8

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9

© of a pound of citron, cut up fine; two tablespoonfuls

10

cinnamon, one powdered nutmeg, two tablespoonfuls mace, one tablespoonful cloves, one tavlespoonful all- spice, one tablespoonful fine salt, two and a half pounds brown sugar, one quart brown sherry, one pint best brandy. As this mince will keep for months, carefully cover and add more liquid if it dries out.

Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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