Salmon Pie

Ingredients

• One pound or tin of salmon
• 14 ounces of butter
• 1} ounces of flour
• $ pint of milk
• 2 hard boiled eggs
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
• $ a lemon
• salt and pepper

Method

1. 1

   Place the salmon in small pieces in a pudding dish, and squeeze over it the piece of lemon.

2. 2

   Melt the butter in a saucepan and mix the flour smoothly into it, add the milk slowly, season with pepper and salt, and let boil for 2 minutes, then pour over the salmon and place in the oven for 5 minutes.

3. 3

   Separate the whites from the yolks and chop them fine.

4. 4

   Rub the yolks through a sieve, then with them the whites and chopped parsley ornament the top of the pie.

5. 5

   It may be served either hot or cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Royal Victoria cook book (1900) by Ont.). Woman's Auxiliary Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SALMON PIE.—One pound or tin of salmon, 14 ounces of butter, 1} ounces of flour, $ pint of milk, 2 hard boiled eggs, 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley, $ a lemon, salt and pepper

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