My Granny's traditional mincemeat recipe to freeze or can
Time
prep 1:00
total 3:00
Yield
64 servings
Ingredients
Ingredients
1 lb.
lean beef stew meat (cooked tender and put through food chopper)
1/4 lb.
beef suet
3-1/2 lb.
chopped tart cooking apples
1-1/2 lb.
chopped raisins
1/2
tbl. salt
1/2 cup
beef stock
1 cup
brown sugar
2-1/2 cup
apple cider
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1/4 cup
white sugar
2-1/2 cup
purple grape juice
1/2 tsp.
mace
1/8 tsp.
pepper
1 tsp.
allspice
1 tsp.
cloves
1 tsp.
cinnamon
1 tsp.
nutmeg
1/2 cup
sorghum molasses
1/2
orange, chopped
1/2
lemon, chopped
1/4 cup
vinegar
Instructions
Cook stew meat until tender in a pot with a little water. Take beef out of pot and use the broth to cook the suet five minutes. Run the beef and suet through the chopper. Put back in pot with the apples, raisins, salt, brown sugar, and cider. Simmer one hour, stirring occasionally.
Add remaining ingredients and boil another ten minutes, stirring occasionally. If canned, process 30 minutes in a water bath. Or, freeze in cartons.
Instructions
Cook stew meat until tender in a pot with a little water. Take beef out of pot and use the broth to cook the suet five minutes. Run the beef and suet through the chopper. Put back in pot with the apples, raisins, salt, brown sugar, and cider. Simmer one hour, stirring occasionally.
Add remaining ingredients and boil another ten minutes, stirring occasionally. If canned, process 30 minutes in a water bath. Or, freeze in cartons.
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