On Thu 17 Nov 2005 08:34:13p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it zxcvbob?

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Thu 17 Nov 2005 07:35:31p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Damsel
>> in dis Dress?
>>
>>
>>>On 18 Nov 2005 03:20:23 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Not oversiimplistic answer, this is the ingredient list from the
>>>>recipe I use (for mincemeat):
>>>
>>>Wayne, would you be willing to post the rest of the recipe? This looks
>>>sooooo good. Better the more I look at it.
>>
>>
>> Carol, this really is a very good pie. I have made mincemeat filling
>> using actual minced meat as well as the suet, however, I didn't care
>> for it. The suet it essential, more for texture and mouthfeel than
>> taste.
>>
>>
>>>I'm just worried about that suet.
>>
>>
>> First off, it's pure fat! :-) Suet is the hard fat from around the
>> kidneys, usually from cattle and sheep. Beef suet is the only kind
>> I've ever used. In the UK it is easily bought in virtually any
>> supermarket. It's almost impossible to find in US supermarkets. I
>> order it from the butcher and ask them to put it through the food
>> grinder. It's *very* inexpensive, and can be stored long term in the
>> freezer.
>
>
> If you can't find good suet, I think you cound substitute fat trimmed
> from a packer-cut brisket. I'd probably rough-chop all the ingredients,
> mix, and run them thru the meat grinder instead of finely chopping
> everything.
>
> Bob
>

For a proper mincemeat, all of the dried fruit in mincemeat is meant to be
whole, not chopped, much less run through the food chopper. The apples
should actually be very finely diced , no larger than 1/4", but not just
chopped up. The candied peel should definitely not be run through a food
chopper, lest it turn into a sugary goo. It's best hand chopped using a
sharp chef's knife along with some of the dry sugar to help keep it
separated. The size of the pieces should be ~1/8". Nothing but the suet
should be put through the food chopper.

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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