Olive Pie, Veal

Ingredients

• two pounds of the fillet of veal
• four ounces of minced veal
• four ounces of finely-shred suet
• four ounces of grated bread-crumbs
• three tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley
• a teaspoonful of mixed sweet herbs
• four drachms of salt
• two drachms of pepper
• two drachms of powdered mace
• two drachms of grated lemon-rind
• the well-beaten yolks of two eggs
• half a pint of nicely-seasoned gravy
• a tablespoonful of lemon-juice
• a glass of sherry

Method

1. 1

   Line a pie-dish with puff-paste.

2. 2

   Cut veal into slices, make forcemeat with minced veal, suet, bread-crumbs, parsley, herbs, salt, pepper, mace, lemon rind, and egg yolks.

3. 3

   Roll veal slices with forcemeat and place in pie-dish.

4. 4

   Pour gravy over, cover with crust, brush with egg, and bake for 90 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1008. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Olive Pie, Veal. — Line the edges of a pie-dish with good puff-paste. Cut two pounds of the fillet of veal into thin sUces a quarter of an inch thick, four inches long, and two wide. Make a forcemeat with four ounces of minced veal, four ounces of finely-shred suet, four ounces of grated bread-crumbs, three table-spoonfuls of chopped parsley, a tea-spoon- ful of mixed sweet herbs, four drachms of salt, two drachms of pepper, two drachms of pow- dered mace, two drachms of grated lemon-rind, and the well-beaten yolks of two eggs. Season the shoes of veal with a httle pepper and salt, place a slice of fat bacon upon each, and a httle of the forcemeat, and roll them up neatly and securely. Make the forcemeat which remains into balls. Place these amongst the oUves in a pie-dish, pour half a pint of nicely-seasoned gravy over them, line the edges of the dish with a good crust, place a cover of the same over the top, brush the pie with beaten egg, and bake in a good oven. The addition of a table- spoonful of lemon- juice and a glass of sherry

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