Traditional Old Fashioned Mincemeat Pie Recipe - Down Home Cooking Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 lb beef (I used ground beef from grass-fed cows)
• 3/4 tsp salt (I like using Real Salt)
• 1 1/2 lbs apple, peeled and chopped (about 3 cups)
• 1/3 cup butter or coconut oil, softened*
• 3/4 cup apple cider
• 1 Tbs ground mace (or 1/2 Tbs nutmeg if you don’t have mace)
• 1/2 Tbs cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 8 Tbs (1/2) cup raisins (or 1 full cup if not using currants too) (Since grapes are part of the Dirty Dozen, I like to use organic raisins )
• 8 Tbs (1/2 cup) dried currants
• 3 Tbs chopped candied citron pieces (optional)