Herring Pie

Ingredients

• 1 pint of split peas
• three good-sized Fresh Herrings
• Butter a pie-dish
• thin slices of very fat bacon

Method

1. 1

   Soak split peas overnight, then boil until tender.

2. 2

   Remove heads and tails from herrings.

3. 3

   Butter a pie-dish, layer peas, add herrings, cover with remaining peas, smooth, and top with bacon.

4. 4

   Bake in a moderate oven for 45 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopaedia of practical cookery (1892) by Theodore Francis Garrett, William A. Rawson, page 102. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Herring Pie. — (1) Soak 1 pint of split peas for one night, then drain them, tie loosely in a cloth, put them into a saucepan of boiling water, and boil until tender. Remove the heads and tails of three good-sized Fresh Herrings. Butter a pie-dish, cover the bottom with a thick layer of the peas, put in the Herrings, then cover with the remainder of the peas, smooth the surface over with the blade of a knife, and lay a few thin slices of very fat bacon

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