Bream or John Dory Pie

Ingredients

• Two pounds of Bream or John Dory
• Four Eggs (hard-boiled)
• Two ounces of Butter
• Three ounces of Bread-crumbs
• Half a teaspoonful of Thyme
• Half a teaspoonful of Marjoram
• One teaspoonful of chopped Parsley
• One teaspoonful of Anchovy Sauce
• One teaspoonful of Worcester Sauce
• Cayenne Pepper
• Salt
• One gill of Stock

Method

1. 1

   Cut the bream in slices.

2. 2

   Mix the butter, breadcrumbs, shalot, and seasoning together, and make into small balls.

3. 3

   Cut the eggs in quarters.

4. 4

   Lay the bream in a pie-dish, then a layer of egg and seasoning balls, and if liked, some pieces of lobster.

5. 5

   Cover with a crust of rough puff-paste, and bake in a moderate oven for one hour and a half.

6. 6

   Mix the Worcester and anchovy sauce with the stock, and pour into the pie after it is baked.

As published

This recipe was extracted from High-class cookery recipes (1897) by Edith Nicolls Clarke, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Bream or John Dory Pie« Ingredients, Two pounds of Bream or John Dory. Four Eggs (hard-boiled). 30 HiaH-CLASS COOKERY. Two Shalots (chopped fine). Two ounces of Butter. Three ounces of Bread-crumbs. Half a teaspoonful of Thyme and Marjoram. One teaspoonful of chopped Parsley. One teaspoonful of Anchovy Sauce. One teaspoonful of Worcester Sauce. Cayenne Pepper. Salt. One gill of Stock

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