Wild Game Mincemeat

Name: Wild Game Mincemeat
Yield: Approximately 4 cups of mincemeat depending on how long it is cooked
Ingredients: 3 tart apples; 3 cups cooked and chopped lean meat (such as moose, deer, or elk); 1 teaspoon ginger; 1 cup currants; 1 cup raisins; 2 cups apples juice; 1 cup diced mixed candied fruit peel; ½ cup diced citron; 1½ cups brown sugar; 1 cup chopped beef suet; ½ teaspoon allspice; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon cloves; 1 tablespoon cinnamon; ½ teaspoon mace

Preparation info

Approximately
4 cups
of mincemeat depending on how long it is cooked

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home Canning and Preserving

By Janet Cooper

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

3 cups cooked and chopped lean meat (such as moose, deer, or elk)
1 cup chopped beef suet

Gluten-free

Method

Peel and core the apples. Wash and squeeze dry the raisins and currants. Mix and grind these together with the meat, suet, and candied fruit peel. Transfer to a heavy-bottomed pan.
Add the apple juice, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, spices, and salt. Mix well and simmer until thickened, adding juice a little at a time, if needed. At the end, you may wish to add brand