Italian Pie

Ingredients

• Cold meat.
• Macaroni.
• Boiled eggs.
• Butter.
• Curry and lemon or tomatoes.
• Milk.

Method

1. 1

   Put into a pie dish alternate layers of cold meat, boiled eggs, and breadcrumbs.

2. 2

   Season with curry and lemon or tomatoes.

3. 3

   On top, pile up the boiled macaroni, with a thin layer of breadcrumbs.

4. 4

   Moisten with milk, and put tiny bits of butter over it.

5. 5

   Bake in the oven till well warmed through.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Samaritan cookery book (1903) by E. P. Watson, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

boiled eggs. 1^ lbs. of lean pork. | Salt. Herbs. Cut the fowl and pork in neat pieces and put in a saucepan wiih a little water, a pinch of herbs, and a little salt, and stew till tender. When quite cooked arrange it in a pie dish in layers, with hard-boiled egg between. Add the liquid in which meat was cooked, with a little dissolved gelatine added to give it firmness. Cover with pie crust and bake for half an hour. Can be used eiiher hot or cold. Miss Lawrie, Graham Street, Airdrie. LAMB PIE. lbs. lamb chops. I A little grated bread.- 2 hard-boiled eggs. | Salt and pepper. Fill the pie dish with the chops and grated bread. Chop the eggs and cover the meat with them, seasoning each layer with salt and pepper. Add a teacupful of water. Cover with a light paste and bake. Miss C. Fraser, Dumbarton. 54 SHEEP’S HEAD PIE. Meat from boiled sheep’s head. I 2 hard-boiled eggs. i lb. cold cooked ham. | Salt and pepper. Chop the meat, ham and eggs, season and mix. Place in pie dish, adding some of the liquor in which head has been boiled. Paste. 1 breakfastcupful of flour. | \ lb. of butter. Some cold water. Chop butter among flour in pieces about the size of a walnut. Mix into a stiff paste with water, roll out half a dozen times and cover. Bake half an hour. Slice like brawn. Miss N. Kerr. STEAK AND KIDNEY PIE, with Suet Crust. i\ lbs. shoulder steak. I 2 small onions. 2 mutton kidneys. | Flour, salt, and pepper. Cut the steak and kidney in pieces, dust with flour and seasoning. Lay in pie dish with thinly sliced onion. Add some water for gravy. Pie Crust. 1 lb. flour. I 1 teaspoonful of baking powder. \ lb. beef suet. | 5 teaspoonful of salt. Mix the finely shred suet with the dry ingredients, and mix into a stiff dough with cold water. Cover pie dish and bake till paste is ready, and then cook on top of stove for about 2 hours. Mrs. W. H. Mair, Pollokshields. SHEPHERD’S PIE. Cold roast beet. Potatoes. Onion. Salt and pepper. Butter. Milk. Yorkshire relish. Cut any meat from the bones of a cold roast. Chop it finely and lay it aside. Put the bones in a saucepan with some water and a small onion, and simmer for 2 hours. Remove the bones and add the meat, 1 teaspoonful of Yorkshire relish, and salt and pepper to taste. Allow this to simmer long enough to 55 warm the meat thoroughly. There should just be enough stock to cover the meat. Have some nicely-boiled potatoes and whisk them, adding a piece of butter and a little milk. Lay the meat in a pie dish, cover with potato, smooth it over and mark with a fork. Put a few pieces of butter on the top and bake in the oven for an hour, or until browned. Miss Ferguson, Adalea, Shawlands. ITALIAN PIE. Cold meat. I Macaroni. Boiled eggs Butter. Curry and lemon or tomatoes. I Milk.

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