New England Fish Pie

Ingredients

• a pound of cod steak
• a layer of oysters
• a squeeze of lemon juice
• a layer of finely rolled and buttered cracker crumbs
• a few bits of butter
• some hot mashed potato
• a portion of an egg yolk

Method

1. 1

   Roll cod pieces in salted flour, season with paprika or white pepper.

2. 2

   Lay in a greased bag, top with oysters and lemon juice, sprinkle with cracker crumbs, dot with butter, seal, and bake slowly for fifteen minutes.

3. 3

   Spread mashed potato over fish, brush with milk and egg yolk, and bake for five minutes to brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Standard Paper-Bag Cookery (1912) by Emma Paddock Telford, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

New England Fish Pie. — Have a pound of cod steak boned and cut in pieces. Roll each piece in slightly salted flour, and season with paprika or white pepper. Lay in the well-greased bag and put on top of the fish a layer of oysters with their juice and a squeeze of lemon juice. Sprinkle with a layer of finely rolled and buttered cracker crumbs, dot with a few bits of butter, seal the bag and bake slowly fifteen minutes. Have ready some hot mashed potato well sesasoned with cream and butter. Take the grid and bag from the oven, tear off the top of the bag, spread the potato over the fish like a crust, brush over with a little milk mixed with a portion of an egg yolk

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