Mince Pies

Ingredients

• 4 pounds lean meat, cooked and chopped fine
• 3 pounds chopped suet
• 1 lemon, chopped (no seeds)
• 8 pounds chopped apples
• 1 ounce mace
• 2 pounds currants
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 2 pounds raisins
• 1 tablespoon allspice
• 1 pound citron
• 1 tablespoon cloves
• 6 pounds brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons coarse sea salt
• boiled cider (as needed)

Directions

1. Cook the lean meat until tender, then chop it finely.

2. In a large bowl, combine the chopped meat, suet, lemon, apples, mace, currants, cinnamon, raisins, allspice, citron, cloves, brown sugar, and coarse sea salt.

3. Wet the mixture with boiled cider and cook together until the apples are done.