Raised Ham Pie

The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined · Mollard, John · 1802
Source
The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined
Time
Cook: 240 min Total: 240 min
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (8)
Crust
Filling
Finishing
Instructions (10)
  1. Take water boiling hot, put a piece of fresh butter into it, and mix it with flour into a paste.
  2. As it gets cold knead it several times, taking care it is of a good consistence but not too stiff.
  3. Raise the paste into any shape you please.
  4. Have ready part of a ham boiled till half done, trim it to the shape of the crust, which must be big enough to put some light forcemeat at the bottom and round the ham when in the pie.
  5. Cover the filling with the same kind of paste.
  6. Pinch round the top of the crust.
  7. Egg and ornament the crust.
  8. Just before it is set in the oven add half a pint of madeira wine.
  9. Bake it gently for four hours.
  10. When it is to be served up add some good cullis, but be careful it is not too salt.
Original Text
Raised Ham Pie, with Directions for making a raised Crust. Take water boiling hot, put a piece of fresh butter into it, and mix it with flour into a paste, and as it gets cold knead it several times, taking care it is of a good consistence but not too stiff, and then raise it into any shape you please. Have ready part of a ham boiled till half done, trim it to the shape of the crust, which must be big enough to put some light forcemeat at the bottom and round the ham when in the pie. Cover it with the same kind of paste, pinch round the top, and egg and ornament it. Just before it is set in the oven add half a pint of madeira wine, bake it gently for four hours, and when it is to be served up add some good cullis, but be careful it is not too salt. [103]
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