Chicken Pie

Ingredients

• a fat young chicken
• a layer of sliced potatoes
• a sprinkle of chopped, lean ham
• a table-spoonful of chopped parsley
• bits of butter
• Roll out a thin top crust

Method

1. 1

   Cut chicken into pieces, simmer in boiling water for one hour.

2. 2

   Line a tin pan with paste, layer potatoes, chicken, and ham.

3. 3

   Repeat layers, adding butter and parsley.

4. 4

   Cover with top crust, bake for half an hour, and serve with chicken broth sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 313. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chicken Pie. — Take a fat young chicken, cut in pieces, put in a sauce- pan, cover with boiling water, and let simmer one hour. Line a tin pan with plain paste, put a layer of sliced potatoes in the bottom, then a layer of chicken and a sprinkle of chopped, lean ham ; cover with small, thin squares of paste, then more potatoes, chicken, and ham; to the last layer add bits of butter, a table - spoonful of chopped parsley, salt and pepper. Roll out a thin top crust

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