500. Partridge Pie

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

For the pie base

slices of veal, cut moderately thick ↝ Veal, ground, raw [Lamb, Veal, and Game Products]
white pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, white [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
one glass of sherry

For the partridges

a couple of young partridges
a piece of fat bacon

For the pie crust

paste ↝ Guava paste [Jams, syrups, toppings]

Instructions (6)

Line the bottom of a pie-dish with slices of veal, cut moderately thick, and rather lightly seasoned with white pepper and salt.
Have ready picked, drawn, and trussed a couple of young partridges.
Pour one glass of sherry over the veal.
Lay in the partridges breast to breast, laying a piece of fat bacon over each.
Cover with paste, sticking the feet of the partridges in the top of the pie.
Bake as before.

Original Text

500. Partridge Pie.—Line the bottom of a pie-dish with slices of veal, cut moderately thick, and rather lightly seasoned with white pepper and salt; have ready picked, drawn, and trussed a couple of young partridges, pour one glass of sherry over the veal, and lay in the partridges breast to breast, laying a piece of fat bacon over each, cover with paste, sticking the feet of the partridges in the top of the pie, and bake as before.

Notes

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