Sea Pie

Ingredients

• two pounds of buttock steak
• two onions
• a small carrot
• Pepper and salt
• a quarter of a pound of suet
• three quarters of a pound of flour
• half a saltspoonful of salt
• one teaspoonful of baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Cut the steak into slices, slice the onions and carrot.

2. 2

   Season the meat with pepper and salt, layer it in a saucepan with vegetables, cover with water, and simmer.

3. 3

   For the crust, chop the suet, mix with flour, salt, and baking powder, add water to form a paste, roll it out, and cover the meat.

4. 4

   Simmer for 1.5 hours with the lid on.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery (1891) by National Training School for Cookery (London), page 52. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sea Pie. 1. We put two pounds of buttock steak on a board, and cut it in slices with a sharp knife. 2. We take two onions, peel them, and slice them as thinly as possible. 3. We take a small carrot, wash it, scrape it clean with a knife, and cut it in thin slices. 4. We season the slices of meat with pepper and salt to taste. 5. We put the slices of meat in layers in a two quart saucepan, sprinkling a little of the sliced vegetables on each layer of the meat. 6. We pour in enough cold water just to cover the meat. 7. We put the saucepan on the fire, just bring it to the boil, and then move it to the side of the fire to simmer. N.B. — During this time we make the crust. 8. We take a quarter of a pound of suet, put it on a board,, cut away all the skin, and chop it up as finely as possible. 9. We should sprinkle a little flour over the suet, to prevent it sticking to the board or knife. 10. We put three quarters of a pound of flour foto a basin,. Lessons on Cooking Meat. — Sea Pie. 133 and mix into it half a saltspoonful of salt, and one teaspoonful of baking powder

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