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MINCE MEAT
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MINCE MEAT

25 ingredients 4 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

223
Calories
3g
Protein
2g
Fat
51g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients — the other 2 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
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Allspice 1 tsp ground (1.9g) 5
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Brandy 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

  • 3 tablespoonfuls of powdered cinnamon
  • 3 tablespoonfuls allspice
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 wineglasses of sherry
  • two large fresh tongues boiled
  • 5 large cupfuls
  • 1/2 basket greening apples
  • 7 cupfuls
  • 3 lbs
  • 3 1/2 cupfuls
  • 7 lbs
  • 6 cupfuls
  • 1 1/2 lbs
  • 2 cupfuls
  • 1 3/4 lbs
  • 4 nutmegs grated
  • 3 oranges
  • 3 lemons juice
  • 3 large lemons
  • three waters in order to extract the bitterness
  • 1 1/4 lbs
  • 1 large tumbler of brandy
  • 1 tablespoon
  • salt
  • pepper

Directions

1

_Contributed by Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, Chestnut Hill, Pa._

2

Two large fresh tongues boiled and chopped (this quantity makes 5 large cupfuls); ½ basket greening apples, 7 cupfuls; 3 lbs. suet chopped fine, 3½ cupfuls; 7 lbs. raisins stoned, 6 cupfuls; 1½ lbs. currants, 2 cupfuls; 1¾ lbs. citron cut fine; 4 nutmegs grated, 3 tablespoonfuls of powdered cinnamon, 3 tablespoonfuls allspice, 3 oranges, juice and rind, 3 lemons juice and rind, 7 lbs. of sugar, 1 qt. of good brandy, 1 qt. good sherry. Mix all together, adding salt and pepper plentifully. Add orange when making pie.

3

THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER’S RECIPE FOR MINCE MEAT.

4

Take 3 large lemons and squeeze the juice. Boil the rind and the pulp in two or three waters in order to extract the bitterness. Pound in a mortar until they are as smooth as butter. Add 1¼ lbs. of beef suet free from skin and chopped very fine, 1 lb. of currants, ¾ lb. of raisins, 1 lb. of brown sugar, ¼ lb. of almonds, blanched and chopped very fine, ½ lb. of citron cut in thin pieces, 1 large tumbler of brandy, 1 lb. of chopped apples, cloves, mace, nutmeg, ginger each 1 tablespoon, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 wineglasses of sherry and nearly 1 qt. of cider. This is a very old recipe and in an old book, loaned by a distinguished Virginia family.

By Jacqueline Harrison Smith (ed.) · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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