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Short Pastry for Meat Pie

From Home cookery, 1898
Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Home cookery (1898) by North Midland School of Cookery, page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

flour i lb. Butter 4 oz. Sugar I dessertspoonful. Egg I yolk. Warm water to mix. Baking powder | teaspoonful. Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar and baking powder, and make it into a paste with the egg and as little warm water as possible. Short Pastry for Meat Pie. Flour I lb. Butter and lard mixed ... | lb. Baking powder \ teaspoonful. Salt a pinch. Cold water to mix.

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