Potato Pie

Ingredients

• four boiled potatoes
• a tablespoonful of minced onion
• the same quantity of chopped parsley
• a little pepper
• a little salt
• half a cupful of new milk
• the yolk of an egg

Method

1. 1

   Mix together four boiled potatoes sliced, a tablespoonful of minced onion, the same quantity of chopped parsley, a little pepper and salt, and half a cupful of new milk.

2. 2

   Stir thoroughly and place in a dish.

3. 3

   Over this spread a layer of breadcrumbs mixed with the yolk of an egg.

4. 4

   Bake the whole thoroughly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Soyer's standard cookery (1912) by Nicolas Soyer, page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a little salt and boil for half an hour. After draining rub the potatoes through a fine sieve and place in a saucepan with a quarter of strong stock — a little meat extract will do — a suspicion of grated nutmeg, a little salt and white pepper, and an ounce of butter. Stir this briskly over the fire, for the lightness of the puree will de- pend mainly upon the vigor with which the stirring is done. When ready pile up the puree on a hot dish and serve it at once; or the surface may be smoothed with the blade of a knife and brushed with beaten egg, after which the dish is baked for about fifteen minutes till the surface is nicely browned. Potato Pie. Mix together four boiled potatoes sliced, a tablespoonful of minced onion, the same quantity of chopped parsley, a little pepper and salt, and half a cupful of new milk. Stir thor- oughly and place in a dish. Over this spread a layer of bread- crumbs mixed with the yolk of an egg

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