Lent Mince Pye

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (12)

Pye filling

SIX eggs boiled hard and chopped fine ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
twelve pippins pared and chopped small ↝ Apple, raw [Apples]
a pound of raisins of the sun stoned, and chopped fine
a pound of currants washed, picked, and rubbed clean ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
a large spoonful of fine sugar beat fine
an ounce of citron
an ounce of candied orange ↝ Orange, raw [Citrus fruits]
a quarter of an ounce of mace and cloves beat fine ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
a large nutmeg beat fine ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
a gill of brandy ↝ Brandy [Liquor and cocktails]
a gill of sack

Crust

Make your crust ↝ Pie Crust, Cookie-type, Chocolate, Ready Crust [Baked Products]

Instructions (9)

Boil eggs hard and chop fine.
Pare and chop pippins small.
Stone and chop raisins of the sun fine.
Wash, pick, and rub currants clean.
Beat fine a large spoonful of fine sugar.
Cut fine an ounce of citron and an ounce of candied orange.
Beat fine a quarter of an ounce of mace and cloves, and a large nutmeg.
Mix all together with a gill of brandy and a gill of sack.
Make your crust.

Original Text

To make Lent Mince Pye.
SIX eggs boiled hard and chopped fine, twelve pippins pared and chopped small, a pound of raisins of the sun stoned, and chopped fine, a pound of currants washed, picked, and rubbed clean, a large spoonful of fine sugar beat fine, an ounce of citron, an ounce of candied orange, both cut fine, a quarter of an ounce of mace and cloves beat fine, and a large nutmeg beat fine, mix all together with a gill of brandy, and a gill of sack. Make your crust

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