Mince Pyes the best way

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (9)
for the mince pye filling
Instructions (1)
  1. Put all ingredients together into a great pan, and mix it well together with half a pint of brandy, and half [of something, cut off in OCR]
Original Text
To make Mince Pyes the beſt way. TAKE three pounds of suet shred very fine, and chopped as small as possible, two pounds of raisins stoned, and chopped as fine as possible, two pounds of currants nicely picked, washed, rubbed, and dried at the fire, half a hundred of fine pippins pared, cored, and chopped small, half a pound of fine sugar pounded fine, a quarter of an ounce of mace, a quarter of an ounce of cloves, two large nutmegs, all beat fine; put all together into a great pan, and mix it well together with half a pint of brandy, and half
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