Pot Pie (Menestrd)

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons fat
• 1 hard-cooked egg, sliced
• 1/2 pound sausage, sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1 cup green lima beans
• 2 cups green peas
• 2 artichoke bottoms
• 1/4 teaspoon each, cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• pepper
• saffron
• 1 cup left-over meat, chopped
• 1 standard recipe biscuit dough

Method

1. 1

   Melt fat in a saucepan and fry sliced sausage.

2. 2

   Remove sausage and fry garlic and tomato.

3. 3

   Mix cinnamon, pepper, and saffron and add to garlic and tomato.

4. 4

   Then add sausage, meat, egg, lima beans, green peas, artichoke bottoms, and salt.

5. 5

   Cover with boiling water and cook slowly, covered, until thick.

6. 6

   Put into a baking dish, cover with biscuit crust, and bake quickly in a hot oven (400°F).

As published

This recipe was extracted from The European cookbook for American homes (from Italy, Spain, Portugal and France) (1936) by Brown, Cora Lovisa Brackett Mrs., page 59. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

POT PIE (Menestrd) 2 tablespoons fat i hard-cooked egg, sliced l/2 pound sausage, sliced i cup green lima beans 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 cups green peas 1 tomato, chopped 2 artichoke bottoms 54 teaspoon each, cinnamon, l/2 teaspoon salt pepper and saffron Boiling water 1 cup left-over meat, chopped 1 standard recipe biscuit dough

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