499. Pigeon Pie

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 6 days ago
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Ingredients (12)

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]
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 ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
a little pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a bay-leaf ↝ Spices, bay leaf [Spices and Herbs]
a little water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
paste ↝ Guava paste [Jams, syrups, toppings]

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.
Put the yolks of four hard-boiled eggs 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 · last edited 6 days ago

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.

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