Calves Feet Pie

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
Time
Cook: 90 min Total: 90 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (7)
For the pie filling
For the crust
Instructions (16)
  1. Set four calves feet in a saucepan in three quarts of water, with three or four blades of mace.
  2. Let them boil softly till there is about a pint and a half of liquor.
  3. Take out your feet.
  4. Strain the liquor.
  5. Make a good crust and cover your dish.
  6. Pick off the flesh from the bone.
  7. Lay half of the meat in the dish.
  8. Strew half a pound of currants (clean washed and picked) over the meat.
  9. Add half a pound of raisins (stoned) over the currants.
  10. Lay the rest of the meat on top.
  11. Skim the liquor.
  12. Season the liquor to the palate.
  13. Put in half a pint of white wine.
  14. Pour the seasoned liquor into the dish.
  15. Put on your lid.
  16. Bake it for an hour and a half.
Original Text
First, set four calves feet on in a sauce-pan in three quarts of water, with three or four blades of mace; let them boil softly till there is about a pint and a half, then take out your feet, strain the liquor, and make a good crust; cover your dish, then pick off the flesh from the bone, lay half in the dish, strew half a pound of currants clean washed and picked over, and half a pound of raisins stoned; lay on the rest of the meat, then skim the liquor, season it to the palate, and put in half a pint of white wine; pour it into the dish, put on your lid, and bake it an hour and a half.
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