Ingredients

  • 1 quart cooked venison, cooled and ground
  • 3 quarts tart apples, peeled and chopped fine
  • 1 cup suet, ground fine
  • 4 cups sugar
  • 1 cup molasses
  • 1 cup cider vinegar
  • 1 cup cider
  • 1 lb raisins, ground
  • 1/2 lb currants, ground
  • 1/4 lb citron, chopped fine
  • 1 lemon, juice and zest of
  • 1 orange, juice and zest of
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon clove
  • 1 teaspoon allspice

Method

  • Simmer venison neck or roast in unsalted water until tender.
  • Cool and remove meat.
  • Run meat, suet, raisins and currents through meat grinder with a fine blade attached.
  • Combine all the ingredients.
  • Place in a roasting pan.
  • Stirring occasionally, cook at 325F until the apples are tender and mincemeat is hot.
  • Pack in hot pint jars and seal.
  • Place in hot water bath for 10 minutes.
  • Makes 10 pints.