Devizes Pie

Ingredients

• thin slices from a calf's head
• some of the brains
• pieces of cold lamb
• pickled tongue
• a few slices of bacon
• some hard-boiled eggs cut neatly into rings
• a rich gravy
• pepper
• salt
• cayenne
• spice

Method

1. 1

   Fill a pic-dish with layers of the meats, seasoning well with pepper, salt, cayenne, and spice.

2. 2

   Fill up the dish with rich gravy, cover with flour and water paste, and bake in a slow oven for one hour.

3. 3

   Turn out on a dish and garnish with parsley and sliced pickled eggs.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 466. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Devizes Pie. — Take thin slices from a calf's head when cold, and some of the brains, pieces of cold lamb, pickled tongue, a few slices of bacon, and some hard-boiled eggs cut neatly into rings ; with these fill a pic-dish. Season with pepper, salt, cayenne, and spice ; an-ange the meat in layers ; see that all is well-seasoned, and fill up the dish with a rich gravy

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