To Finish the Pie Mixture
United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 8 ingredients
- a peck of apples
- a gill of brandy
- one pound of raisins
- Chop
- Brown sugar
- a quart bowl of
- Cider
- Cut
Possible health benefits
General information, not medical advice.
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Raisin
High in potassium · 825 mg per 100 g, 41% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Potassium contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
- Potassium contributes to normal muscle function.
- Potassium contributes to the maintenance of normal blood pressure.
Potassium is a mineral found in many foods. Your body needs potassium for almost everything it does, including proper kidney and heart function, muscle contraction, and nerve transmission. NIH fact sheet
High in copper · 0.3 mg per 100 g, 30% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Copper contributes to maintenance of normal connective tissues.
- Copper contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Copper contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
5 more authorised claims
- Copper contributes to normal hair pigmentation.
- Copper contributes to normal iron transport in the body.
- Copper contributes to normal skin pigmentation.
- Copper contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
- Copper contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
Copper is a mineral that you need to stay healthy. Your body uses copper to carry out many important functions, including making energy, connective tissues, and blood vessels. NIH fact sheet
Source of iron · 2.6 mg per 100 g, 19% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Iron contributes to normal cognitive function.
- Iron contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Iron contributes to normal formation of red blood cells and haemoglobin.
4 more authorised claims
- Iron contributes to normal oxygen transport in the body.
- Iron contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
- Iron contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
- Iron has a role in the process of cell division.
Iron is a mineral that the body needs for growth and development. Your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body, and myoglobin, a protein that provides oxygen to muscles. NIH fact sheet
Nutrients per 100 g of “Raisins, seeded”, USDA FoodData Central.
Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).
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
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- Pare, core, and chop not very fine some tart juicy apples, put to them one-third as much of the prepared meat;
- stone one pound of raisins, and cut a quarter ot citron in small bits, add a gill of brandy, and enough sweet cider to make the whole quite wet;
- a peck of apples, pared and chopped wfth a quart bowl of the prepared meat, and the raisins, citron, and cider, as al)ove mentioned, with a large teacupful of brown sugar, is enough to make six or seven pies the size of a dinner plate;
- a teacupful of fine chopped suet may be added, if liked.
Plating
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