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Mince Pie.
Take of meats tongue or heart parboiled
onc pound and
a half, chopped very fine : add to it one pound
and a half
of beef suet and an equal weight of currants,
minced ; one
large nutmeg, cloves, and blades of mace, beaten
fine ; a
little salt, four minced pippins, and half a
pound of raisins,
stoned and chopped small ; half a pint of sherry,
quarter of
a pint of best brandy, quarter of a pint of verjuices
one pound
of loaf sugar pounded ; a little rose-water,
the rind of a
large lemon minced small, with the juice; also
candied
lemon and citron peel-of each two ounces, shredded
small.
The crust should be very rich and flaky, and
the meat
entirely covered above and below.
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