Boiled Calf's Feet Pie

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (15)
filling
pastry
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Instructions (10)
  1. Boil two calf's feet, pick the meat from the bones, and chop it very fine.
  2. Shred small one pound of beef suet, and a pound of apples.
  3. Wash and pick one pound of currants very small, dry them before the fire.
  4. Stone and chop a quarter of a pound of jar raisins.
  5. Prepare a quarter of an ounce of cinnamon, the same of mace and nutmeg.
  6. Cut thin two ounces of candied citron and two ounces of candied lemon.
  7. Add a glass of brandy, and one of champagne.
  8. Put them in a China dish with a rich puff paste over it.
  9. Roll another lid, and cut it in leaves, flowers, figures.
  10. Put a glass ring in it.
Original Text
BOIL two calf's feet, pick the meat from the bones, and chop it very fine, shred small one pound of beef suet, and a pound of apples, wash and pick one pound of currants very small, dry them before the fire, stone and chop a quarter of a pound of jar raisins, a quarter of an ounce of cinnamon, the same of mace and nutmeg, two ounces of candied citron, two ounces of candied lemon cut thin, a glass of brandy, and one of champagne, put them in a China dish with a rich puff paste over it, roll another lid, and cut it in leaves, flowers, figures, and put a glass ring in it.
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