Calf’s Head Pie

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

Calf’s Head
pepper and salt ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
pepper and salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a crust ↝ Pie Crust, Cookie-type, Chocolate, Ready Crust [Baked Products]
some good gravy ↝ Gravy, NFS [Dips, gravies, other sauces]
forcemeat balls
yolks of eggs boiled hard ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
a little flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
some oysters ↝ Oysters, raw [Shellfish]

Instructions (5)

Parboil the head; cut it into thin slices; season with pepper and salt; lay them into a crust with some good gravy, forcemeat balls, and yolks of eggs boiled hard.
Bake it about an hour and a half.
Cut off the lid.
Thicken some good gravy with a little flour; add some oysters.
Serve it with or without a lid.

Original Text

Calf’s Head Pie.

Parboil the head; cut it into thin slices; season with pepper and salt; lay them into a crust with some good gravy, forcemeat balls, and yolks of eggs boiled hard. Bake it about an hour and a half; cut off the lid; thicken some good gravy with a little flour; add some oysters; serve it with or without a lid.

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