Blue-ribbon Mincemeat Pie Filling

Ingredients

1,400 gr beef
1,200 gr apples
1,000 gr raisins
250 gr apple cider
8 gr cinnamon
6 gr allspice
7 gr nutmeg
700 gr sugar

Instructions

Directions: 1 In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the ground beef thoroughly. Being sure not to overbrown it. 2 Place chopped apples and the cooked ground beef in a food processor and pulse until the mixture is made up of pea sized chunks. 3 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. 4 Cool filling to lukewarm and pour into freezer bags (2 cups per bag). Freeze filling until needed. One baggie will fill one 20 cm double crust pie. Thaw filling before using. Makes 8 pints filling Converted by MC_Buster.