Herbaceous Mixture for Forcemeat

Ingredients

• Calves’ liver
• an equal quantity of ham
• a small quantity of mushrooms
• a bead or two of garlic or an onion
• a very small quantity of herbaceous mixture

Method

1. 1

   Fry the calves' liver with ham, mushrooms, and garlic or onion.

2. 2

   Pass through a wire sieve and mix in herbaceous mixture.

3. 3

   Use for game pies.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's guide to preserved meats, fruits, vegetables, &c (1880), page 107. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Calves’ liver is cut up and fried, with an equal quantity of ham and a small quantity of mushrooms ; a bead or two of garlic or an onion can be fried with it, and the whole then nibbed through a wire sieve. To this is added a small quantity of herbaceous mixture. This forcemeat is admirably adapted for all kinds of game pies. A very good imitation game pie can be made by using this forcemeat with some rabbit or chicken. In making these pies it is always desirable to have some good strong stock added to it, which stock should be a hard jelly when it is cold. The stock should be poured in after the pie is baked, so that when the pie is cut there will be a jelly touching the crust. In order to do this the jelly must be poured in very gently when it is very nearly cold, and just on the point of setting. In hot weather any kind of game pie, or indeed any pie that contains jelly, should be kept in a cold place till it is required for use. In hot weather the jelly is apt to run, and this gives the pie when cut a very uninviting appearance. A very small quantity of herbaceous mixture

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.