Macaroni Pie

Ingredients

• 5oz. of butter
• lib. of flour
• 2 table-spoonfuls of sugar
• the beaten yolks of three eggs
• 1 saltspoonful of salt
• a sufficient quantity of warm water
• the Macaroni
• fillets of fowl
• truffles
• mushrooms
• cocks’ combs
• small squares of cooked ham
• a moderate quantity of grated Parmesan cheese
• good veal gravy

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter into the flour until smooth, then mix in sugar, beaten yolks, salt, and warm water to form a stiff paste.

2. 2

   Roll out the paste and line a buttered round mould.

3. 3

   Fill with cooked Macaroni, fowl, truffles, mushrooms, cocks’ combs, ham, and Parmesan, moistening with veal gravy.

4. 4

   Cover with paste, trim edges, brush with egg, and bake in a moderate oven for about one hour.

5. 5

   Turn out and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopaedia of practical cookery (1892) by Theodore Francis Garrett, William A. Rawson, page 409. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

5oz. of butter into lib. of flour, and when smooth mix in 2 table-spoonfuls of sugar, the beaten yolks of three eggs, 1 saltspoonful of salt, and a sufficient quantity of warm water to knead the whole into a rather stiff paste. Roll the paste out, and line a buttered plain round mould with it. joining the edges together with beaten white of egg. Fill the mould with Macaroni — continued. the Macaroni, fillets of fowl, truffles, mushrooms, and cocks’ combs cut into small pieces and cooked in gravy, small squares of cooked ham, and a moderate quantity of grated Parmesan cheese, moistening occasionally with good veal gravy

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