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Mince Pie

A historical recipe from The progress meatless cook book, by Lake, Carlotta M. (Carlotta Mixer) (1911).

A historical recipe

The progress meatless cook book: And valuable recipes and suggestions for cleaning clothing, hats, gloves, house furnishings, walls and woodwork and all kinds of helps for the household, by Lake, Carlotta M. (Carlotta Mixer) (1911). Project Gutenberg eBook #77733.

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

Source and licence

From The progress meatless cook book, by Lake, Carlotta M. (Carlotta Mixer) (1911). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #77733 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77733). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

United Kingdom. Associated with United Kingdom by curated dish list: mince pie (confidence 0.75). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. ¾ cupful chopped nuts 1 cupful tart chopped apples ¼ cupful raisins ¼ cupful fruit juices ½ cupful sugar 1 tablespoonful vinegar 1 tablespoonful currants 2 tablespoonfuls butter ½ teaspoonful cinnamon ½ teaspoonful salt a pinch of cloves and mace Mix all together very thoroughly, adding more sugar or vinegar to suit taste.
  2. Bake in two crusts.
  3. Makes one pie.