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Home canned mincemeat
7 x litre jars (US quart)
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
English
Keyword
Beef, Pie Filling
Prep Time
1
hour
hour
30
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
3
hours
hours
30
minutes
minutes
Total Time
5
hours
hours
Servings
7
litre jars (US quart)
Calories
2704
kcal
Ingredients
2.5
kg
ground beef
(OR 2 kg ground venison plus ½ kg sausage)
300
g
suet
(2 cups finely chopped, 10 oz)
3
kg
apples
(5 quarts chopped roughly, 6.5 lbs, measurements after prep)
1
kg
raisins
(dark seedless. 6 cups / 2 lbs)
500
g
golden raisins
(seedless. 3 cups / 1 lb)
2
litres
apple cider
(2 US quarts / 64 oz)
2
tablespoons
cinnamon
ground
2
teaspoons
nutmeg
nutmeg
1
kg
sugar
(white. 5 cups / 40 oz)
2
tablespoons
salt
OR non-bitter, non-clouding salt sub
brandy extract
(optional: ½ to 1 teaspoon per jar)
Metric
-
US Customary
Instructions
Combine meat and suet in pot, cover with water, bring to a boil and simmer until the meat is cooked. (See recipe notes below).
Drain water off meat (or scoop meat out of water with a mesh strainer.)
Wash, peel, core and chop the apples, and measure.
In a large pot or bowl, combine the meat and apple.
Put the meat mixture through a food grinder using a medium blade. (See recipe notes below).
Put ground meat mixture in a pot at least 12 litres (quarts) in size.
Add all remaining ingredients.
Bring to a boil uncovered, stirring frequently.
Lower to a simmer and let simmer uncovered for about an hour, to thicken it slightly.
Stir frequently to prevent scorching.
Ladle hot mixture into hot ½ litre or litre (1 US pint or quart) jars, leaving 3 cm (1 inch) headspace.
Debubble; adjust headspace.
Wipe jar rims.
Put lids on.
Processing pressure: 10 lbs (69 kPa) weighted gauge, 11 lbs (76 kpa) dial gauge (adjust pressure for your altitude when over 300 metres / 1000 feet.)
Processing time: Process either size of jar for 90 minutes .
Nutrition
Serving:
1
g
|
Calories:
2704
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
379.7
g
|
Protein:
58.8
g
|
Fat:
116.6
g
|
Saturated Fat:
39.6
g
|
Cholesterol:
278
mg
|
Sodium:
2265
mg
|
Fiber:
11.7
g
|
Sugar:
312.5
g