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Hello Kedi,
Yes that is no problem at all. You will make the mince meat in advance and cook the cranberries, so it does not really make a difference for this recipe.

Hope you will enjoy it!

Net de mini mince pies gemaakt.
Ze zijn super lekker.
Wat een heerlijk deeg is het met de sinaasappel erin .
ik heb alleen de vulling iets aangepast met gekonfijte kumquats en grote rozijnen
ipv de cranberrys.

groeten

Anja

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Happy Baking,

Marieke

Old-Fashioned Mincemeat Pies

American cookery before the Civil War was, to a large extent, about food preservation, as there was little refrigeration. Most foods were local; railroads had not yet been built out from coast to coast. Mince pie is part of that tradition. Beef was a large part of the American diet, and there was always a great deal of leftover cooked beef. Mince pie was an obvious and easy way to use leftovers creatively. A real mince pie was more than just dried fruit and spices; it was based on leftover meat that was minced and combined with spices, rum, dried fruit and sugar. The process helped preserve the meat, which was an added benefit. Mince pie was so much part of the culinary landscape in the early days of the republic that it even made its way into song:

Can she make mince pies, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?

Can she make mince pies, Billy Boy?

Yes she can make mince pies

Quick’s a cat can wink its eyes;

But she’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

Ingredients

* Filling: 1 pound venison or lean beef, boiled and chopped
* 4 ounces suet
* 1 pound tart apples, peeled, cored, and chopped fine
* 3/4 cup beef broth (or reserved cooking liquid from meat)
* 1 1/4 cup sugar
* 3/4 cup cider
* 1/4 cup molasses
* 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
* 1 cup golden raisins
* 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
* 1 1/2 teaspoons ground allspice
* 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
* Juice from one lemon
* Juice from one orange
* 1/4 cup brandy
* Pie: Pastry dough for 9-inch double-crust pie
* 1 large egg white, lightly beaten
One dozen mini-pies

A toast to you this holiday,
Al