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VERY PLAIN MINCE-MEAT
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VERY PLAIN MINCE-MEAT

9 ingredients 3 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

374
Calories
27g
Protein
16g
Fat
32g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6

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 of lean
  • one pound of fat
  • four pounds of raisins
  • a piece of fresh beef
  • a pound of brown sugar
  • a quart of bottled
  • three pounds
  • cloves
  • cinnamon

Directions

1

Take a piece of fresh beef, consisting of about two pounds of lean, and one pound of fat. Boil it, and when it is quite cold, chop it fine. Or you may substitute cold roast beef. Pare and core some fine juicy apples, cut them in pieces, weigh three pounds, and chop them. Stone four pounds of raisins, and chop them also. Add a large table-spoonful of powdered cloves, and the same quantity of powdered cinnamon. Also a pound of brown sugar. Mix all thoroughly, moistening it with a quart of bottled or sweet cider. You may add the grated peel and the juice of an orange.

2

Bake it in good common paste.

3

This mince-meat will do very well for children or for family use, but is too plain to be set before a guest. Neither will it keep so long as that which is richer and more highly seasoned. It is best to make no more of it at once than you have immediate occasion for.

By Eliza Leslie · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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