Print: My Own Mincemeat Pie Filling

I have used many different mincemeat recipes and created my own mincemeat pie filling, using the most delicious and inexpensive combinations (but really, this recipe is very traditional). You may devise whatever combinations are convenient and affordable for you. Throw in whatever's in season, leftovers you have (cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving, oatmeal from breakfast, old bread, etc.). Mincemeat will take anything, it seems, and still tastes the same—exquisite! So, for Heaven's sake, make whatever changes are thrifty for you, but you may keep the quantities about the same.

Prep

29 min

Cook

58 min

Servings

Difficulty

Hard

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
4 apples , peeled, cored, and chopped
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup brandy
0.75 cups raisins , chopped
0.5 cups ground suet , white beef fat
0.5 cups walnuts , chopped
0.5 cups chopped dried mixed fruit
0.5 cups candied mixed fruit peel , chopped
1 lemon , juiced
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
0.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
0.5 teaspoons ground allspice
0.5 teaspoons ground cloves

Instructions

1 Cook and stir ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until well-browned, about 10 minutes, breaking it up into small crumbles as it cooks. Drain excess fat.
2 Combine beef, apples, brown sugar, brandy, raisins, suet, walnuts, dried mixed fruit, mixed fruit peel, lemon juice, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves in a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet over medium heat. Stir until thoroughly combined and sugar has dissolved; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer; cook until flavors have blended and filling is thickened, about 1 hour. Stir occasionally.
3 Use mincemeat pie filling as desired.

Nutrition per serving

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