How is it that a minced meat pie has n't any meat?

Answer 1

A REAL Mincemeat Pie, does indeed have meat in it, but there are substitutions that can be made for a fake Mincemeat pie. Here is the recipe for Real Mincemeat Pie:

INGREDIENTS
1 1/4 pounds round steak, cut into small pieces
1 cup apple cider
4 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and finely diced
1 1/3 cups white sugar
2 1/2 cups dried currants
2 1/2 cups raisins
1/2 pound chopped candied mixed fruit peel
1/2 cup butter
1 (16 ounce) jar sour cherry preserves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (16 ounce) can pitted sour cherries, drained with liquid reserved
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
2 tablespoons heavy cream
DIRECTIONS
In a Dutch oven, combine beef and apple cider. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and cook for about 20 minutes, or until meat is tender. Remove meat and coarsely chop, then return it to the pot.
Stir in chopped apples, sugar, currants, raisins, citrus peel, butter and cherry preserves. Add ginger, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. Let simmer, uncovered, over low heat until mixture is very thick, about 90 minutes. Stir in cherries and remove from heat.
Refrigerate tightly covered for at least a week before using.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Put filling in unbaked pie shell and place pastry on top. Crimp edges and poke several holes in top pastry. Brush top with cream and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until golden brown.

Answer 2

Historically, Mincemeat pie was developed to preserve meat without salting or smoking and to make use of as much of the meat as possible, as meat could be scarce during certain times of the year. Venison and beef were both used but not the only types of meat used. It depended on region and availability. There are both mince & mincemeat pie. Mince pie intentionally has no meat, only the fruits and spices, mimicing the taste of mincemeat pie. Comerically produced mincemeat does indeed have meat in it, or at the very least animal fat in some form. Both Mince & Mincemeat are available commerically

Answer 3

A real mince meat pie does have meat in it...
it has pork brains in it....

Answer 4

In Victorian times they had meat in them. Also even today suet is a usual ingrediant, solid animal fat.

Answer 5

some do and some don't.my grandma made one that had meat in it but it wasn't that great.my mom likes green tomato mincemeat.