499. Pigeon Pie

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (13)

pie crust

a pound of rumpsteak, cut into slices not too thin, seasoned with a little salt, pepper, and cayenne, and dipped into flour
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
cayenne ↝ Peppers, raw, NFS [Other vegetables and combinations]
flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]

filling

a couple of pigeons, picked and drawn, cut off the feet, turn the legs in, fold up the pinions of the wings, and lay them breast to breast ↝ Squab, (pigeon), meat only, raw [Poultry Products]
the yolks of four hard-boiled eggs, which put at the sides ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
a little pepper and salt over the pigeons ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a bay-leaf upon the top ↝ Spices, bay leaf [Spices and Herbs]
a little water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
paste ↝ Guava paste [Jams, syrups, toppings]
the feet [of the pigeons] ↝ Chicken, feet, boiled [Poultry Products]

Instructions (9)

Line the bottom of a pie-dish with a pound of rumpsteak, cut into slices not too thin, seasoned with a little salt, pepper, and cayenne, and dipped into flour.
Have ready picked and drawn a couple of pigeons, cut off the feet, turn the legs in, fold up the pinions of the wings, and lay them breast to breast upon the meat.
Have the yolks of four hard-boiled eggs, which put at the sides.
Sprinkle a little pepper and salt over the pigeons.
Lay a bay-leaf upon the top.
Pour in a little water.
Cover with paste.
Stick the feet in the top.
Bake as directed for the last.

Original Text

499. Pigeon Pie.—Line the bottom of a pie-dish with a pound of rumpsteak, cut into slices not too thin, seasoned with a little salt, pepper, and cayenne, and dipped into flour; have ready picked and drawn a couple of pigeons, cut off the feet, turn the legs in, fold up the pinions of the wings, and lay them breast to breast upon the meat, have the yolks of four hard-boiled eggs, which put at the sides, sprinkle a little pepper and salt over the pigeons, lay a bay-leaf upon the top, pour in a little water, cover with paste, stick the feet in the top, and bake as directed for the last.

Notes

—