Chicken Pie with Oysters

Ingredients

• Boil the chicken—a year old is best
• drain off liquor from a quart of oysters
• seasoning each layer with salt
• seasoning each layer with pepper
• seasoning each layer with bits of butter
• line the sides of a dish with a rich crust

Method

1. 1

   Boil the chicken until tender, drain off liquor from oysters, boil and skim.

2. 2

   Line the sides of a dish with a rich crust, put in a layer of chicken, then a layer of raw oysters, and repeat until dish is filled, seasoning each layer with pepper, salt, and bits of butter.

3. 3

   Add oyster liquor and a part of the chicken liquor until the liquid is even with the top layer.

4. 4

   Cover loosely with a crust having an opening in the center to allow steam to escape.

5. 5

   Bake forty minutes in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Buckeye cookery (1892), page 157. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHICKEN Pie wirH OysTERs. Boil the chicken—a year old is best—until tender, drain off liquor from a quart of oysters, boil, skim, line the sides of a dish with a rich crust, put. in a layer of chicken, then a layer of raw oysters, and repeat until dish is filled, seasoning each layer wich - pepper

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