How to Distribute Raisins in a Mince Pie
Ingredients
Directions
Place the raisins in a basin and cover them with water.
Cook the raisins until tender.
Fill the pie crust with the mince meat.
Distribute the cooked raisins evenly in the pie.
Wet the edges of the crust to seal in the juices.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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