Ronna's Modern Mincemeat Pie

I re-designed this recipe (slightly) from one I had found in one of my mom's old recipe books.  I was curious about the idea of fruit mixed with meat and, after researching various mincemeat recipes, some of which that called for chopped up cuts of beef, I decided to try using good old ground beef.  To my surprise, I loved the flavor profile and texture combination of fruit, nuts, traditional spices, and meat, along with the other ingredients you'll find below in the recipe I developed below.  

Notes:  Feel free to adjust the spices to your liking!  For example, I decreased the nutmeg from 1/4 t. to 1/8 t. and it was just as good.  Although I generally make my own pie crusts from scratch, I used pre-made refrigerated pie crusts for the sake of time.  They turn out great and create less of a mess.  Also, do not allow your ground beef to overbrown.  You want it nice and moist when you combine it with the rest of your ingredients in the pie shell.






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