blue ribbon mincemeat pie filling

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 1/4 pounds lean ground beef
• 12 cups apples - peeled, cored and diced
• 6 cups raisins
• 1 cup
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ground allspice
• 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
• 3 1/2 cups white sugar

Recipe

• in a large skillet over medium heat, cook the ground beef thoroughly. being sure not to over-brown it.
• place chopped apples and the cooked ground beef in a food processor and pulse until the mixture is made up of pea sized chunks.
• in a non-reactive skillet combine the apple and ground beef mixture with the raisins, , ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground nutmeg and the white sugar. simmer for 30 minutes.
• cool filling to lukewarm and pour into freezer bags (2 cups per bag). freeze filling until needed. one baggie will fill one 8 inch double crust pie. thaw filling before using.