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Russian Fish Pie

A historical recipe from Paper-bag Cookery, by Serkoff, Vera, Countess (1911).

A historical recipe

Paper-bag Cookery, by Serkoff, Vera, Countess (1911). Project Gutenberg eBook #41406.

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 Paper-bag Cookery, by Serkoff, Vera, Countess (1911). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #41406 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41406). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

  • three ounces of vegetable lard
  • 1/2 lb. of self-raising flour

Method

  1. Roll out a short crust paste, made by rubbing three ounces of vegetable lard into 1/2 lb.
  2. of self-raising flour, and adding a well-beaten egg.
  3. Lay on this paste a thick layer of cooked rice;
  4. upon that put a layer of cooked fish, freed from skin and bone and pulled into flakes;
  5. upon that lay slices of hard-boiled egg, and another layer of rice.
  6. Season highly with cayenne pepper, salt, and a little grated nutmeg or ground mace.
  7. Just moisten with thick white sauce, nicely flavoured with a few drops of lemon juice, and cover with pastry, pinching the edges well together.
  8. Slip carefully into a thoroughly greased bag, and bake in a hot oven for fifteen minutes.
  9. This is extremely delicious.