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Old-Fashioned Mincemeat Pie Recipe
Mincemeat Pie has been my favorite holiday pie since I was a little girl (that was awhile ago). My grandmother, Mabel Myers, used to make her own homemade mincemeat. My mother used to make this pie just for me every Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thank you Mom! This holiday season, my youngest daughter, used Grandma Myers’ Mincemeat Recipe and made me a delicious mincemeat pie. Daughters are wonderful!
Unfortunately, most people have never tasted a true old-fashioned mincemeat pie (also called mince pie). The flavor of real mince meat pie (not the bottled version purchased at your local store) is sort of like a Middle Eastern mixture of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. There’s a definite meaty taste, which I really liked, with an ever-so-slight sweet flavor.
Check out Grandma Myers’ Mincemeat Recipe, Elsie’s Green Tomato Mincemeat Recipe, Great Grandma Miller’s Homemade Mincemeatfor more delicious homemade mincemeat recipes.
Pleasecheck out my Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Menu which includes thisOld-Fashioned Mincemeat Pie.
Old-Fashioned Mincemeat Pie Recipe:
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Course:Main Course
Cuisine:English
Keyword:Old-Fashioned Mincemeat Pie Recipe
Servings: 8 servings
Author: What's Cooking America
Ingredients
- Pastry for 9-inch two crust pie*
- 1quart preparedmincemeat**
- Brandyto taste
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Prepare pie pastry.
Spoon prepared mincemeat into pastry-lined plate. Add additional brandy to your taste. Cover with remaining pastry and flute. Cut slits in pastry so steam can escape. Cover edge with aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning.
Bake pie 40 to 50 minutesor until crust is lightly browned. Remove aluminum foil during last 15 minutes of baking. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack before cutting and serving.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
NOTE: This pie stores well in the freezer.
Makes 8 servings.
Recipe Notes
* Check out my different recipes for making the perfect pie crust.
** 1 (28-ounce) jar prepared mincemeat pie filling may be substituted, but check out my Grandmother'sHomemade Mincemeat Recipe.
Comments from readers:
Seasons greetings to you! I just wanted to thank you for submitting a true recipe for mincemeat – one made with venison. I just made my great g-ma’s mincemeat today. It is highly sought out by friends and family and has been a family tradition for over a hundred years that I know of. After reading your recipe, I added some fresh squeezed lemon and orange juice plus the zest from them (before squeezing), cider vinegar, and subbed rum for applejack brandy. Oh my God….heavenly!! I have a wonderful friend who gives me the necks from the deer or elk. It has the most tender flavorful meat, especially when cooked with cider vinegar, whole clove, allspice, and a large bay leaf.
When we make our pies, we slice two big tart apples into the uncooked pastry shell tossed lightly with flour, cinnamon, dotted with butter, and THEN top with the mincemeat and a couple tablespoons rum or brandy and pastry. I think g-ma did this to stretch the mince supply – plus non-mince lovers absolutely LOVE this pie! The only downfall of making this so delectable to the doubtfuls is that the pie doesn’t last as long. 🙂 Hope your holiday time is blessed beyond measure. – Joy Chowning
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3 Responses to “Mincemeat Pie Recipe”
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Sasha
Thanks for posting this recipe. Bagged a deer this year and need to use up last year’s deer. As for what suet is or isn’t, tallow is made from rendering down animal fat. Suet is the “hard” fat that stays hard at room temp. It does not get processed down into suet, it is suet.
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Sharon Hullinger
We call tallow the rendered fat from a sheep. Lard is rendered from fresh pork and suet is the hard fat from beef. Is that what you call it too?
I disliked mincemeat pie as a kid. Now I am old and I’m craving it. Plan to make it this year and probably will be the only one who will taste it.Reply
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Whats Cooking America
Yes we use the same terms for the different types of fat.
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