my own mincemeat pie filling

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 cup ground suet (white beef fat)
• 4 apples - peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup
• 3/4 cup raisins, chopped
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped dried mixed fruit
• 1/2 cup candied mixed fruit peel, chopped
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 40 mins


• 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, , 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.