Snipe Pie

Ingredients

• Bone 4 snipes
• finely chopped bacon
• or other forcemeat
• gravy made of butter, and chopped veal and ham
• parsley
• pepper
• and shallots
• nice puff paste
• a little sherry wine

Method

1. 1

   Bone and truss the snipes.

2. 2

   Put finely chopped bacon or other forcemeat inside.

3. 3

   Place them breast down in a dish with forcemeat balls around.

4. 4

   Add gravy made from butter, chopped veal, ham, parsley, pepper, and shallots.

5. 5

   Cover with puff paste, sealing it well.

6. 6

   When nearly done, pour in more gravy and a little sherry wine.

7. 7

   Bake for 2 to 3 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 461. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SNIPE PIE.— Bone 4 snipes, and truss them. Put in their insides finely chopped bacon, or other force- meat ; put them in the dish with the breast downwards, and put forcemeat balls around them. Add gravy made of butter, and chopped veal and ham, parsley, pepper, and shalots. Cover with nice puff paste ; close it well to keep in the gravy. 'Wien nearly done, pour in more gravy, and a little sherry wine

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