Excellent lemon mincemeat

1 batch

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 larges Lemons
4 Apples
¼ pounds Candied lemon peel
½ cup Crisco
1 pounds Currants
½ cup Raisins
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ginger
½ teaspoon Nutmeg
½ teaspoon Allspice
¼ teaspoon Cloves
½ cup Chopped nuts
1¾ cup Sugar

Directions

Extract juice from lemons and remove pips. Now put lemons into saucepan, cover with cold water, and boil until lemon feels quite tender. Change water at least twice, drain and pound peel to a paste, add apples, cored, peeled and chopped, candied lemon peel, Crisco, currants, raisins, salt, spices, lemon juice, nuts and sugar.

Put into jar and cover. This mincemeat is excellent for pies and tartlets. "A Calendar of Dinners with 615 Recipes" by Marion Harris Neil Submitted By TERRI WOLTMON On 03-16-95

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