Chicken Pie

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806

Source: New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (17)

For the pie filling

two young fowls
white pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, white [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a little mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
a little Cayenne ↝ Peppers, raw, NFS [Other vegetables and combinations]
slices of ham or gammon ↝ Ham [Cold cuts and cured meats]
forcemeat
hard eggs ↝ Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled [Dairy and Egg Products]

For the gravy

knuckle of veal ↝ Veal, ground, raw [Lamb, Veal, and Game Products]
a few shank bones ↝ Veal, Australian, shank, fore, bone-in, separable lean only, raw [Lamb, Veal, and Game Products]
herbs
onion ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]

Optional additions

water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
jelly ↝ Jellies [Sweets]

Instructions (8)

Cut up two young fowls.
Season with white pepper, salt, a little mace, and nutmeg, all in the finest powder; likewise a little Cayenne.
Put the chicken, slices of ham or gammon, forcemeat, and hard eggs, alternately.
If to be in a dish, put a little water.
If in a raised crust, none.
Against the pie be baked, have ready a gravy of knuckle of veal, with a few shank bones, seasoned with herbs, onion, mace, and pepper.
If in a dish, put in as much gravy as will fill it.
If in crust, let it go cold; then open the lid, and put in the jelly.

Original Text

Chicken Pie.

Cut up two young fowls: season with white pepper, salt, a little mace, and nutmeg, all in the 81finest powder; likewise a little Cayenne. Put the chicken, slices of ham or gammon, forcemeat, and hard eggs, alternately. If to be in a dish, put a little water; if in a raised crust, none. Against the pie be baked, have ready a gravy of knuckle of veal, with a few shank bones, seasoned with herbs, onion, mace, and pepper. If in a dish, put in as much gravy as will fill it: if in crust, let it go cold; then open the lid, and put in the jelly.

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