Squash Pies

Ingredients

• Five pints of stewed and strained squash
• two quarts of boiling milk
• one and a half nutmegs
• four teaspoonfuls of salt
• five cupfuls of sugar
• nine eggs
• four tablespoonfuls of Sicily Madeira
• two of rose-water

Method

1. 1

   Gradually pour the boiling milk on the squash, stirring continually.

2. 2

   Add the nutmeg, rose-water, and sugar.

3. 3

   When cold, add the beaten eggs, and just before filling the plates, add the Madeira.

4. 4

   Butter deep plates, line with plain paste, fill with the mixture, and bake in a moderate oven for forty minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's new cook book and marketing guide (1880) by Maria Parloa, page 125. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Squash Pies. Five pints of stewed and strained squash, two quarts of boiling milk? one and a half nutmegs, four teaspoonfuls of salt, five cupfuls of sugar, nine eggs, four table-spoonfuls of Sicily Madeira and two of rose-water

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