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French Mince Meat

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France

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

Ingredients 11 ingredients

  1. six pounds brown sugar
  2. four pounds raisins chopped fine
  3. One peck of green tomatoes chopped fine
  4. Cinnamon
  5. Apples
  6. one cup Orleans molasses
  7. one grated nutmeg
  8. one tablespoonful ground cloves
  9. two tablespoonfuls salt
  10. two pounds currants
  11. one cup vinegar
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • 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. One peck of green tomatoes chopped fine or put through meat grinder with coarsest knife.
  2. Cook slowly three hours, then add six pounds brown sugar, one cup Orleans molasses, one cup vinegar, three table spoonfuls ground cinnamon, two tablespoonfuls salt, one tablespoonful ground cloves, one grated nutmeg, four pounds raisins chopped fine, two pounds currants, half-peck apples chopped fine.
  3. Boil all thirty or forty minutes.
  4. It is nice canned for winter use.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Grater