Eel Pies

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

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

Ingredients (5)

eels ↝ Fish, eel [Fish]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a little dried sage rubbed small ↝ Spices, sage, ground [Spices and Herbs]
pies ↝ Pie crust, refrigerated, regular, unbaked [Baked Products]

Instructions (8)

Skin and wash your eels very clean.
Cut them in pieces one inch and a half long.
Season them with pepper, salt, and a little dried sage rubbed small.
Raise your pies about the size of the inside of a plate.
Fill your pies with eels.
Lay a lid over them.
Bake them in a quick oven.
They require to be well baked.

Original Text

SKIN and wash your eels very clean, cut them in pieces one inch and a half long, season them with pepper, salt, and a little dried sage rubbed small, raise your pies about the size of the inside of a plate, fill your pies with eels, lay
lay a lid over them, and bake them in a quick oven: they require to be well baked.

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