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Recipe Green Tomato Mincemeat Fried Pies (Pie)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 2 pounds green tomatoes
- 3/4 cup distilled white vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 cups water
- 3 pounds tart apples - peeled, cored and chopped
- 1 1/2 pounds raisins
- 3 3/4 cups packed brown sugar
- 3 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
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- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 3 tablespoons ice water
- 3 cups shortening for frying
Preparing/Cooking:
- Chop the tomatoes very coarsely.
- Place tomatoes in a colander and drain, by pressing with your hand, all the tomato juice possible.
- Put the tomatoes in a large sauce pan with 1 cup of water, heat to boil, drain well.
- Put the tomatoes back in the sauce pan with 1 cup of water, heat to boil, drain again.
- Now, put the tomatoes back in the sauce pan with one cup of water, apples, raisins, brown sugar, 3 1/2 teaspoons salt, vinegar and 1/2 cup shortening.
- cook slowly until transparent.
- (30 min.
- )Stir often.
- In the last 5 minutes of cooking, add cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, lemon rind and juice.
- For the Pastry: In a large bowl, combine flour, 1 teaspoon salt and shortening.
- Add ice water,1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough barely holds together.
- Roll dough out to 1/8 inch thick on floured surface.
- Cut a 5 inch circle, place a large spoonful of filling on one half of the circle.
- Fold over and seal the edges by pressing them with a fork.
- Continue until all dough is used.
- In a large skillet, Heat shortening to 360 degrees F (182 degrees C).
- place 4 pies in the hot shortening at a time.
- Fry until golden-brown on both sides.
- Drain on paper towels.
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