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Apple Mince Pies

From The helping hand (1872).

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A historical recipe

The helping hand, by Phil Somerset (1872).

United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. a pint of cream
  2. twelve apples
  3. six beaten eggs

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. To twelve apples chopped fine, add six beaten eggs, and half a pint of cream.
  2. Put in spice, sugar, raisins or currants, just as you would for meat mince pies.
  3. They are very good.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
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Credit

From The helping hand (1872), printed page 87, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/32531850R.nlm.nih.gov

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.