Chicken Pie

Ingredients

• a good-sized fowl
• a lump of butter
• two tablespoons of butter
• a teaspoonful of chopped parsley leaves
• a cup of milk
• two tablespoons of flour
• a pint of flour
• a half teaspoon of baking powder
• a teaspoon of salt
• a cup of lard

Method

1. 1

   Dress and cut the chicken, cook in boiling water with butter, salt, and pepper until tender.

2. 2

   Place in baking dish, add butter, and make gravy with cooking liquid and flour.

3. 3

   Prepare crust with flour, baking powder, salt, and lard, roll out, cut into diamonds, and place over chicken.

4. 4

   Bake quickly and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Simple cooking of wholesome food for the farm home (1913) by Jessie Pinning Rich, page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chicken Pie. — 1. Dress, clean, and cut a good-sized fowl. Put in a stew pan, cover with boiling water, and cook slowly until tender, having added a lump of butter and salt and pepper to taste. Place the stewed chicken in a baking dish, add two Simple Cooking of Wholesome Food for the Farm Home 11 tablespoons of butter in small pieces, a bit more salt, and a teaspoonful of chopped parsley leaves if liked. Make a batter with a cup of milk and two tablespoons of flour. Pour this into the liquor in the stew pan in which the chicken was cooked and bring to the boiling point. Pour this gravy on the chicken in the baking dish. Sift a pint of flour, a half teaspoon of baking powder, and a teaspoon of salt. Mix with this a cup of lard

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