Roman Pie

A historical recipe from The best vegetarian dishes I know, by Jeanne Jardine (1910).

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A historical recipe

The best vegetarian dishes I know, by Jeanne Jardine (1910). Project Gutenberg eBook #70164.

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

Ingredients 3 ingredients

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Half a pound puff paste, 2 ozs.
cooked macaroni (the large, straight kind), ¹⁄₂ pint salsify (cooked, and cut into small pieces), six champignons, ¹⁄₄ pint cooked Japanese artichokes, 1 gill thick white sauce, parsley, lemon, 1 teaspoonful onion (scalded and minced), grated Parmesan, brown sauce.
Method.--Line a buttered mould with the paste rolled out to a moderate thickness, and fill it with alternate layers of the macaroni, cut into small pieces, salsify, and artichokes, and over each layer scatter a few slices of champignons, a little grated cheese, a few drops of lemon-juice, and season with salt, freshly ground black pepper, and nutmeg.
When the mould is full, pour in as much sauce, mixed with some of the liquor in which the champignons were preserved, as is required, then cover in with a round of paste and bake in a moderately quick oven for from three-quarters to one hour;
turn out carefully on to a hot dish and surround with brown sauce.