Beef-steak and Oyster Pie

Ingredients

• about a pint of good beef gravy
• a layer of oysters drained from the tin liquor
• a nice piece of boiled bacon
• a glass of sherry
• a blade of mace
• a table-spoonful of walnut or mushroom ketchup
• season with 'spiced pepper'
• the rind of a lime

Method

1. 1

   Layer beef collops and oysters in a pie dish, seasoning with spiced pepper and lime peel.

2. 2

   Prepare gravy by heating beef gravy with oyster liquor, lime rind, mace, sherry, and ketchup.

3. 3

   Strain and pour into the pie, reserving some for later.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Culinary jottings (1885) by A. R. Kenney-Herbert, page 157. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef-steaJc and Oyster Pie.'' — Follow the recipe given in Menu No. 28 as far as the cutting up of the beef is concerned, and the rolling up within each collop of a nice piece of boiled bacon. Place at the bottom a layer of beef collops, then a layer of oysters drained from the tin liquor, beef again, oysters again, and so on, till the dish is packed : season with " spiced pepper" and finely minced lime peel. The gravy must be made thus : — To about a 26 278 CULINARY JOTTINGS FOR MADRAS. pint of good beef gravy, add the liquor you strained from the tin of oysters, the rind of a lime, a blade of mace, .a glass of sherry and a table-spoonfnl of walnnt or mushroom ketchup

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