mincemeat pie

Fruited Christmas dessert

A mincemeat pie is a pastry filled with mincemeat—a mixture of chopped dried fruits, spices, sugar, and suet, sometimes with brandy or rum.

Despite the name, modern mincemeat rarely contains actual meat, though historical versions did.

Traditional at Christmas in Britain and America: Grandmother always made mincemeat pie for the holidays.

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shortcrust pastry · suet · raisins · currants · spices · mixed spice · brandy · brandy butter · crust · festive · Victorian · holiday · baking · filling · lattice · fruit filling · nutmeg · cinnamon

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