Chicken Pie (as made in England)

Ingredients

• 2 ounces ham
• 4 mushrooms
• 4 truffles
• 2 ounces butter
• 1 ounce of flour
• 1/2 pint of white stock
• a spoonful of rum or brandy
• 2 cups of chopped cold chicken
• 8 gherkins
• some parsley
• seasoning
• 3 anchovies

Method

1. 1

   Cut ham, mushrooms, and truffles into dice.

2. 2

   Mix butter with flour and stock, stir for 10 minutes, then add chicken, gherkins, parsley, seasoning, and anchovies.

3. 3

   Line a dish with paste, fill with mixture, cover with paste, and bake for 1 hour.

4. 4

   Serve cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from With a saucepan over the sea (1902) by Adelaide Keen, page 45. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHICKEN PIE (as made in England). Cut into dice 2 ounces ham, 4 mushrooms, and 4 truffles, add 2 ounces butter mixed with i ounce of flour and ^ pint of white stock and a spoonful of rum or brandy. Add, after stirring on the fire for 10 minutes, 2 cups of chopped cold chicken, — not cut too fine, — 8 gherkins, cut in slices, some parsley, seasoning, and 3 anchovies

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