Old-Fashioned Mincemeat Pie Recipe: Ingredients: 1 lb beef (I used ground beef from grass-fed cows) 3/4 tsp salt (I like using Real Salt) 1 1/2 lbs apple, peeled and chopped (about 3 cups) 1/3 cup butter or coconut oil, softened*. 3/4 cup apple cider. 1 Tbs ground mace (or 1/2 Tbs nutmeg if you don’t have mace)
The Secret Ingredient that makes my Low Carb Christmas Mince Pies VERY Low Carb. Mincemeat is obviously the key element of mince pies. But many low-carb recipes for mincemeat involve a lot of berries and nuts, which means… extra carbs.
Instead of sugary mincemeat full of dried fruit, brown sugar, raw sugar, or honey, the bulk of the keto mince pies is made up of the following simple ingredients. All the quantities, prep time, and instructions are in the recipe card below. Apple - 1 small grated apple (shredded apple) goes a long way for very few carbs.
The combination of the sticky dried fruit and the Christmas spices in the mincemeat and the buttery, flaky shortcrust pastry is quite irresistible. However, the amount of sugar and carbs a supermarket mince pie contains is eye-watering, however little they are.