Cod Pie

Ingredients

• place in a pie dish or pan
• pour over melted butter to moisten
• a dozen or so oysters
• cover with mashed potatoes
• half pint any good stock
• quarter pint cream or milk
• one tablespoon stock
• a little thickening of flour
• butter
• finely-chopped lemon peel

Method

1. 1

   Carefully remove skin from fish and pick from bones.

2. 2

   Place in a dish, pour over melted butter, add oysters, and cover with mashed potatoes.

3. 3

   Bake for half an hour until browned.

4. 4

   For a more elaborate version, salt fresh cod for four hours, wash, season, add butter and stock, cover with crust, and bake for one hour.

5. 5

   Make a sauce with cream, stock, flour, butter, lemon peel, and oysters, boil, and pour into the pie.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 203. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cod Pie, carefully remove aU skin from any fish that is left and pick from the bones, place in a pia dish or pan, pour over melted butter to moisten, and a dozen or so oysters (or oyster sauce if left) and cover with mashed potatoes. Bake half an "hour and serve nicely browned. Any cold fish may be used and is delicious and very economical. A more elaborate Cod Pie is made by laying two fresh slices large cod in salt for four hours, wash, place in a dish, season, add two tablespoons butter, half pint any good stock, cover with pie or baking powder crust as rich as liked with center cut out by a cup and bake one hour. Make a sauce of quarter pint cream or milk, one tablespoon stock, a little thickening of flour and butter, finely-chopped lemon peel

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