A traditional British holiday pastry, mincemeat can best be described as a "boozy concoction of dried fruits." (Photo: Getty Creative) There are certain foods constantly associated with the holiday ...

This is English mincemeat with a difference: The filling features fresh grapes and chopped apples as well as the customary raisins, candied citrus peel, warm spices and a liberal splash of whiskey. It ...

Lancaster County loves mincemeat for the holidays. An archive dive found dozens (!) of mincemeat recipes, from traditional pies with to pies with apricot, mincemeat custard pie, mincemeat-stuffed ...

Mincemeat pie is a princely extravaganza that “seems transported from another time and place,” said Beth Kracklauer in Saveur. It initially dates from 12th-century Britain, when sweet-savory ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Mincemeat pie pictured on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Photo by Colter Peterson, [email protected] Yield: 8 to 10 servings ...

For better or worse, the mincemeat pies of today are vastly different from those of Christmas past. The key distinction is that the mincemeat filling isn't typically made with actual meat anymore.

In 1895, at a time when diet reformers had made “pie” a dirty word, “The Century Cookbook” felt obliged to note that mince pie (“the most indigestible of all”) was still “the one universally accepted ...

As a child, mincemeat pie was never my first choice at the holiday table, yet I was completely fascinated by it. It was sweet, yet sharp, dense and rich, but it didn't taste like meat. My mother ...

Combine flaxseed and hot water in a small dish, set aside to cool completely. Place flours into a mixing bowl. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cooled flaxseed mixture and ...

History is loaded with preparations of meat that people might find unusual in modern times, but it's less common that these strange methods survive to the present day. Such is the case with mincemeat, ...

This recipe is very ... hit or mince. American food website The Spruce Eats was left with egg — or, rather, ground beef? — on its face after it published a recipe for mincemeat and apple tart that ...