Fish Pie

Ingredients

• Fresh herring or mackerel
• 1 lb. cod-fish
• 2 oz. bread
• 8 oz. mashed potato
• 4 oz. rice flour
• 4 oz. self-raising flour
• a few slices of onion
• little lemon juice
• spice
• salt
• pepper
• nutmeg
• 1 gill of milk
• 1 tablespoonful salad oil

Method

1. 1

   Fillet a fresh herring or small mackerel.

2. 2

   Place the slices of onion in a small saucepan, arrange the herring and roe on the top, sprinkle with lemon juice, add a little spice and salt, cover with a lid and 'sweat' until done.

3. 3

   Remove bone and skin from the cod-fish and then pass it through a mincer.

4. 4

   Soak the bread in the milk and boil it.

5. 5

   Separate the best parts of the herring and the roe, which reserve for later use, and remove all bones.

6. 6

   Mix all, and pass through the mincer once or twice.

7. 7

   Make a paste of the mashed potato, salad oil and salt, and mix thoroughly.

8. 8

   Grease a raised pie-tin, line it with the paste, place a layer of fish preparation in the bottom, arrange the filleted fish and roe on this, cover with fish farce, and repeat until three-quarters full.

9. 9

   Roll out the paste for the top, place it on the top, press the sides well together, and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The victory cookery book (1918) by Peel, C. S. Mrs, page 14. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fish Pie (DEe.ticious Hot or Corp) Materials—Fresh herring or mackerel, 1 lb. cod-fish, 2 oz. bread, 8 oz. mashed potato, 4 oz. rice flour, 4 oz. self-raising flour, a few slices of onion, little lemon juice, spice, salt, pepper and nutmeg, 1 gill of milk

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