Sea Pie

Ingredients

• One pound of Beef Steak
• One Onion
• Salt and Pepper
• Half a pound of Flour
• Quarter of a pound of Suet
• One teaspoonful of Baking Powder
• Cold Water
• One ounce of Butter
• Dripping

Method

1. 1

   Cut the meat into pieces about half an inch square.

2. 2

   Skin and shoe the onion.

3. 3

   Melt the butter in a saucepan and fry the onion, add a dessertspoonful of flour and make a sauce with a pint of water.

4. 4

   Add the meat and seasoning and simmer gently for twenty minutes.

5. 5

   Chop the suet, mix with the flour, baking powder, and a pinch of salt.

6. 6

   Add sufficient water to make a stiff paste.

7. 7

   Form into a round, a little larger than the lid of the saucepan, place on top of the stew and cook for one hour.

8. 8

   To dish, cut the pastry into quarters and lift onto a plate, place the stew on a hot dish and lay the pastry on top in the form of a round.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Easy dishes for small incomes, or, The housewife's guide to practical cookery (1906) by E. M. Buchan, page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SEA PIE Ingredients : One pound of Beef Steak One Onion Salt and Pepper Half a pound of Flour Quarter of a pound of Suet One teaspoonful of Baking Powder Cold Water One ounce of Butter and Dripping

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