Boiled Ham Potted

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (9)
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Instructions (9)
  1. Take as much lean of a boiled ham as you please, and half the quantity of fat.
  2. Cut the ham and fat as thin as possible.
  3. Beat the ham and fat very fine in a mortar, with a little oiled butter, beaten mace, pepper, and salt.
  4. Put part of the ham mixture into a china pot.
  5. Beat the white part of a fowl with a very little seasoning; it is to qualify the ham.
  6. Layer the pot with chicken, then ham, then chicken at the top.
  7. Press it hard down.
  8. When it is cold, pour clarified butter over it.
  9. When you send it to the table, cut out a thin slice in the form of half a diamond, and lay it round the edge of your pot.
Original Text
TAKE as much lean of a boiled ham as you please, and half the quantity of fat, cut it as thin as possible, beat it very fine in a mortar, with a little oiled butter, beaten mace, pepper, and salt, put part of it into a china pot, then beat the white part of a fowl with a very little seasoning; it is to qualify the ham; put a layer of chicken, then one of ham, then chicken at the top, press it hard down, and when it is cold pour clarified butter over it, when you send it to the table cut out a thin slice in the form of half a diamond, and lay it round the edge of your pot.
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