Mincemeat Pie Using Jarred Filling Food

TRADITIONAL MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• Mix ingredients well.
• Transfer to a 1-quart jar. Cover and refrigerate for at least two days and preferably for two weeks.
• Make dough, prepare pie crust, and add filling.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake until golden, about 1 hour.

MODERN MINCEMEAT FOR PIE

Steps:

• Grate the zest of the lemon and mix it and the lemon juice to the rest of the ingredients.
• Transfer the mixture to a 1-quart jar. Cover and refrigerate for at least two days and preferably two weeks.
• Make dough, prepare crust, and add the filling.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake until golden, about 1 hour.

MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• Make mincemeat:
• Stir together all mincemeat ingredients. Chill in an airtight container at least 3 days.
• Make pie:
• Put a baking sheet in middle of oven and preheat oven to 400°F.
• Roll out 1 piece of dough (keep remaining piece chilled) on a lightly floured surface into a 13-inch round and fit into a 9-inch glass pie plate (4-cup capacity). Stir mincemeat, then spoon into shell. Chill pie while rolling out top.
• Roll out remaining disk into a 10-inch round on lightly floured surface. Cut into 10 (1-inch-wide) strips with a fluted pastry wheel or a knife. Arrange strips in a lattice pattern on top of filling and trim strips and edge of bottom crust, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang. Seal edges and crimp decoratively. Brush lattice and edge with some of egg and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake until pastry is golden brown, 50 minutes to 1 hour. (If pastry rim gets too dark, tent with foil.) Cool 2 hours before serving.

MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. On a lightly floured surface, roll half the pate brisee into a 12-inch circle. Fit pastry into a 9-inch glass pie plate; trim dough evenly along edge. Refrigerate 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine mincemeat filling, grated apple, brandy, and lemon zest. Spoon filling into the chilled piecrust.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out remaining pate brisee to a 12-inch circle. Cover filling, trim evenly along edge, and press to seal edges. Cut small slits in pastry with the tip of a paring knife, about 3/4-inch apart. Place on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Lower the temperature to 350 degrees. and bake until the crust is golden brown and the center bubbles, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• Combine first 7 ingredients. Refrigerate 8 hours.
• Heat oven to 425ºF. Remove mincemeat mixture from refrigerator; let stand at room temperature until ready to use.
• Place flour in large bowl. Cut in cream cheese and butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Shape dough into 2 balls; flatten each into disk. Wrap each tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Place 1 disk of dough between 2 lightly floured sheets of waxed paper; roll into 11-inch round. Discard top sheet of waxed paper; invert dough into 9-inch pie plate. Remove remaining sheet of waxed paper; press dough evenly onto bottom and up side of pie plate, being careful not to stretch the dough. Trim any dough hanging over edge of pie plate with sharp knife or kitchen shears; reserve trimmings for decorative use, if desired. (See tip.)
• Spoon mincemeat mixture into crust. Roll out remaining dough to 10-inch round; place over pie. Seal and flute edge. Cut several slits in top crust to permit steam to escape.
• Bake, on bottom oven rack, 40 to 45 min. or until pastry is golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack.

MINCEMEAT PIE FILLING

Steps:

• Combine the cooked beef, apples, raisins, sweet pickle vinegar, pineapple, orange, salt, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, sorghum and 1 cup beef broth. Store in the refrigerator or freeze until ready to use.

MINCEMEAT FILLING FOR MINCE PIE

Steps:

• Combine sultanas through nutmeg.
• Process about 1/5 of the sultana mixture--plus all the prunes--in a food processor, then remix it with the other 4/5 of the sultana mixture.
• Stir in currants& cointreau.
• Leave covered from 1 day to several weeks.
• Use as filling for mince pies.

MY OWN MINCEMEAT PIE FILLING

Steps:

• Place the ground beef into a skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir until the beef is well browned, about 10 minutes, breaking it up into small crumbles as it cooks. Drain excess fat.
• In a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet over medium heat, mix the cooked beef, suet, apples, brown sugar, brandy, raisins, walnuts, dried mixed fruit, mixed fruit peel, lemon juice, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves. Stir the mincemeat until thoroughly combined and the sugar has dissolved, and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until the flavors have blended and the mincemeat filling is thickened, about 1 hour. Stir occasionally.
• Use as mincemeat pie filling.

CLASSIC MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Unroll pie crusts. Line ungreased 9-inch pie plate with one crust. Fill with mincemeat. Cover with second crust and seal edges. Cut slits in top crust to vent steam. Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream if desired.

MEATLESS MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• Combine mincemeat, walnuts, apples, brown sugar, lemon juice and rum in a bowl. Mix well. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Take filling out of refrigerator and let come to room temperature. Prepare crusts. Stir filling well and pour into shell. Top with full crust and make slits or make a lattice top. Crimp edges.
• Bake in preheated oven on low shelf for 40 minutes or until golden brown.