English origin filled with mincemeat, being a mixture of fruit, spices and suet. The early mince pie was known by several names, including “mutton pie”, “shrid pie” and “Christmas pie”. Typically its ingredients were a mixture of minced meat, oliver onion pierogi, a range of fruits, and spices such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. The ingredients for the modern mince pie can be traced to the return of European crusaders from the Holy Land.

Middle Eastern methods of cooking, which sometimes combined meats, fruits and spices, were popular at the time. The modern mince pie’s precursor was known by several names. In his essay The Life of Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson wrote of “an old Puritan, who was alive in my childhood  would have none of his superstitious meats and drinks. Bakers Greggs reported sales of 7. 5 million mince pies during Christmas 2011. Mincemeat pie was brought to New England by English settlers in the 17th century.

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