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Ingredients

• Mrs. Whistler’s version:
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• ‘Paste’
• ‘Rub fresh lard into your flour work it up quick with cold water roll it out three times with butter spread over it about ¾ of a pound to a pound of flour strew dry flour do not work it any after rolling it any after rolling in the butter.’
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• ‘Mince Pies’
• ‘1 part tender beef one of fresh suet or butter one of apples one of fruit, consisting of raisins, stoned and chaped, currants and citron, wet it with equal parts of brandy sweet wine, and sweet cider, cloves nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, dried orange peel, the juice of a fresh lemon’

Description

Another Recipe From ‘Whistler’s Mother’s Cook Book’. The Editor, Margaret MacDonald, Describes Them Thus: ‘Rich, Spicy And Juicy Mincemeat In Light Flaky Pastry. The Pies Are Definitely A Sweet And Not A Savoury, Despite The Beef…. From Mediev

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