Mincemeat Pie Filling
Ingredients:
6 cups lean ground beef
12 cups chopped apples, peeled and cored
6 cups raisins
1 cup apple cider or brandy
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground allspice
1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
3 1/2 cups white sugar
Directions:
- In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the ground beef thoroughly. Being sure not to overbrown it.
- Place chopped apples and the cooked ground beef in a food processor and pulse until the mixture is made up of pea sized chunks.
- In a non-reactive skillet combine the apple and ground beef mixture with the raisins, apple cider or brandy, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground nutmeg and the white sugar.
- Simmer for 30 minutes.
- Cool filling to lukewarm and pour into freezer bags (2 cups per bag).
- Freeze filling until needed. One baggie will fill one 8 inch double crust pie.
- Thaw filling before using.
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