Cook With What You Have

Discover recipes using ingredients already in your kitchen. Results are ranked by how well they match your pantry.

How It Works

  1. Add Your Pantry - Enter ingredients you have at home.
  2. Search or Discover - Find recipes by keyword or click "What Can I Make?"
  3. Start Cooking - View your match percentage and visit the original recipe.

We don't host full recipes-we link directly to original sources.

Classic Mince Pies

Ingredients

  • 4 pounds beef, boiled and chopped
  • 1 pound suet
  • 2 pounds granulated sugar
  • 2 pounds raisins
  • 4 pounds chopped apples
  • 1 pint wine
  • 1 pint cider
  • Mace
  • Nutmeg
  • Orange zest
  • Pie dough
Your pantry ยท Interactive controls load with JavaScript

Method

  1. Combine beef, suet, sugar, raisins, apples, wine, and cider until thin enough.
  2. Add mace, nutmeg, and orange zest to taste.
  3. If not sweet enough, add more sugar.
  4. Form pies with the pastry dough and filling.
  5. Bake pies.
  6. Warm the pies before serving.

Notes

  • Butter may be used instead of suet.
  • The apples may be stewed and the cider reduced.

Categories