Meat Pie

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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Ingredients (14)
Instructions (9)
  1. Take one pound of beef suet, and as much of the lean part of a leg of veal.
  2. Take a little cabbage, well-washed and scalded.
  3. Bruise the suet, veal, and cabbage together in a marble mortar.
  4. Season the mixture with mace, nutmeg, ginger, a little pepper, and salt.
  5. Add some green gooseberries, grapes, or barberies.
  6. Mix all ingredients well with the yolks of four or five eggs, well beaten.
  7. Wrap all the mixture up together in a green cabbage-leaf.
  8. Tie the parcel in a cloth.
  9. Boil for about an hour.
Original Text
TAKE one pound of beef suet, and as much of the lean part of a leg of veal. Then take a little cabbage well washed, and scald it. Bruise the suet, veal, and cabbage to- gether in a marble mortar, and season it with mace, nut- meg, ginger, a little pepper and salt, and put in some green gooseberries, grapes, or barberies. Mix them all well with the yolk of four or five eggs well beaten. Wrap all up together in a green cabbage-leaf, and tie it in a cloth. It will take about an hour boiling.
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