Delicious Holiday Mince Pie with Beef

• 9 quarts apples prepared as for pie
• 4 pounds beef chopped and cooked
• 2 pounds suet chopped
• 3 pounds sugar
• 2 quarts apple cider
• 4 pounds raisins, seedless
• 3 pounds currants
• 1 1/2 pounds citron chopped
• 1/2 pound candied orange peel dried
• 1/2 pound candied lemon peel dried
• 1 each lemon juice and rind of
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon mace
• 1 tablespoon cloves
• 1 x salt and black pepper to taste
• 2 whole nutmeg grated
• 1 gallon sour cherries with juice
• 2 pounds nuts broken
• 1 teaspoon coriander ground
• 1 x brandy
• 1 x pie shell (9 inch) double

1. Cook the ingredients SLOWLY for 2 hours.
2. Prepare your favorite pie shells (for 2 crust pie) and heap with mincemeat; flavor w/ more brandy of course and bake at 450F (230C) for about 30 minutes.

apples, beef, suet, sugar, apple cider, raisins, currants, citron, lemon juice, cinnamon, mace, cloves, salt, nutmeg, nuts, coriander ground, brandy, pie shell

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/delicious-holiday-mince-pie-bee-6043 (may not work)