Old-Time Mincemeat Pie
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Cooking:
45 min.
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Servings per container:
8
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Ingredients for - Old-Time Mincemeat Pie

1. Round steak, cut into small pieces - 1 ¼ pounds
2. Apple cider - 1 cup
3. Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and finely diced - 4
4. Dried currants - 2 ½ cups
5. Raisins - 2 ½ cups
6. Sour cherry preserves - 1 (16 ounce) jar
7. White sugar - 1 ⅓ cups
8. Chopped candied mixed fruit peel - ½ pound
9. Butter - ½ cup
10. Ground ginger - 1 teaspoon
11. Ground cloves - ½ teaspoon
12. Ground nutmeg - ½ teaspoon
13. Ground cinnamon - ½ teaspoon
14. Salt - ½ teaspoon
15. Pitted sour cherries, drained - 1 (16 ounce) can
16. Double-crust pie pastry, thawed - 1 (14.1 ounce) package
17. Heavy cream - 2 tablespoons
18. White sugar, for sprinkling - 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Old-Time Mincemeat Pie

1. Stage

Combine steak and cider in a Dutch oven. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and cook until steak is tender, about 20 minutes. Remove steak to a cutting board; coarsely chop, then return to the pot.

2. Stage

Stir in apples, currants, raisins, cherry preserves, 1 1/3 cups sugar, mixed fruit peel, and butter. Add ginger, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt. Simmer, uncovered, over low heat until mixture is very thick, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Stir in cherries and remove from heat.

3. Stage

Transfer filling to a container and allow to cool at room temperature. Cover tightly and refrigerate for at least 1 week before using.

4. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

5. Stage

Line a 9-inch pie dish with 1 pastry crust. Spoon filling into crust and cover with second pastry crust. Crimp edges and cut several slits into top pastry. Brush with cream and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar.

6. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 45 minutes.