Mincemeat from scratch
From notyourmomma 17 years agoIngredients
- 2 1/2 lb. chuck roast shopping list
- 2 teaspoons of salt shopping list
- 2 cups of apple cider shopping list
- 8 cups of chopped apples, cored shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups of raisins chopped shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups of currants chopped shopping list
- 1 teaspoon of mace shopping list
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon shopping list
- 1 teaspoon of allspice shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon of pepper shopping list
- 1 teaspoon of ground ginger shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon of cloves shopping list
- 3 cups of sugar shopping list
- 1/4 cup of molasses shopping list
- 1 cup of apple cider vinegar shopping list
- 1 whole orange, juice and rind chopped fine shopping list
- 1 whole lemon, juice and chopped fine shopping list
- 1/2 cup of brandy, sherry or rum, your choice shopping list
- 6 tbsp. of butter shopping list
How to make it
- Trim excess fat from chuck roast, season with salt and cook on low in slow cooker for four hours in the apple cider, until it is falling apart.
- Remove meat from cooker and cool.
- **Hint: to chop raisins and currants more easily, sprinkle with the sugar and chop the sugard fruit. Your knife moves more easily through the fruit***
- To the cider/meat broth in the cooker, add the cored chopped apples, seasonings, raisins, currants, sugar, molasses, vinegar, orange segment with rinds (pith removed), lemon segments, with rind (pith removed).
- Cook on low setting for 3 hours.
- Chop the meat untl very fine (processor makes life a lot easier)
- Add to fruit mixture. Cook on low one more hour to meld the flavors.
- Cool. Stir in liquor of choice and softened butter. Stir well. Butter is used instead of beef suet from the original recipe.
- Pack into sterilized jars. Store in the refrigerator and let it mellow for a week before eating.
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