Vegetable and Groats Pie

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (10)

Vegetables

lettuce, leeks, spinage, beets, and parsley, of each a handful ↝ Lettuce, raw [Lettuce and lettuce salads]
lettuce, leeks, spinage, beets, and parsley, of each a handful ↝ Leeks [Onions]
lettuce, leeks, spinage, beets, and parsley, of each a handful
lettuce, leeks, spinage, beets, and parsley, of each a handful ↝ Beets, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
lettuce, leeks, spinage, beets, and parsley, of each a handful ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]

Groats Base

one quart of groats, with two or three onions in them ↝ Buckwheat groats [Pasta, noodles, cooked grains]
one quart of groats, with two or three onions in them ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Seasoning and Flavor

a good deal of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a few apples cut thin ↝ Apple, raw [Apples]

Instructions (8)

Take lettuce, leeks, spinage, beets, and parsley, of each a handful, give them a boil, then chop them small.
Have ready boiled in a cloth one quart of groats, with two or three onions in them.
Put the groats mixture in a frying-pan with the herbs.
Add a good deal of salt, a pound of butter, and a few apples cut thin.
Stew them a few minutes over the fire.
Fill your dish or raised crust with the mixture.
Bake for one hour.
Serve it up.

Original Text

TAKE lettuce, leeks, spinage, beets, and parsley, of each a handful, give them a boil, then chop them small, and have ready boiled in a cloth one quart of groats, with two or three onions in them, put them in a frying-pan with the herbs, and
and a good deal of salt, a pound of butter, and a few apples cut thin, stew them a few minutes over the fire, fill your dish or raised crust with it; one hour will bake it; then serve it up.

Notes

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