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Leg-of-mutton Pie

A historical recipe from Allied Cookery, by Grace Clergue Harrison, Gertrude Clergue (1916).

A historical recipe

Allied Cookery: British, French, Italian, Belgian, Russian, by Grace Clergue Harrison, Gertrude Clergue (1916). Project Gutenberg eBook #44947.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From Allied Cookery, by Grace Clergue Harrison, Gertrude Clergue (1916). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #44947 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44947). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Method

  1. Butter a pie dish, place in the bottom a few slices of fried salt pork and then slices of mutton cut from the leg;
  2. on top of this, lay slices of cooked potatoes, season each layer with salt and pepper, minced parsley and onions fried in butter;
  3. pour over some clear gravy.
  4. Moisten the edge of the dish, lay a narrow band of paste, moisten, and cover the whole with puff-paste, bake in moderate oven 1 hour and 20 minutes.