A Yorkshire Christmas Pie Recipe
Let the crust be made a good standing one; the wall and bottom must be
very thick. Take a turkey and bone it, a goose, a fowl, a partridge, and
a pigeon, and season all well. Take half an ounce of cloves, the same of
black pepper, and two table-spoonfuls of salt, and beat them well
together; let the fowls be slit down the back, and bone them; put the
pigeon into the partridge, the partridge into the fowl, the fowl into
the goose, and the goose into the turkey. Season all well first, and lay
them in the crust; joint a hare, and cut it into pieces; season it, and
lay it close on one side; on the other side woodcocks, or any other sort
of game; let them also be well seasoned and laid close. Put four or five
pounds of butter into the pie; cover it with a very rich paste, put it
in a very hot oven, and four hours will bake it.
A bushel of flour is about the quantity required for the paste.
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