_Ingredients_--1 lb. of bread dough. Some butter, lard, or dripping.
_Method._--Roll out the dough very thin, and spread with the fat.
Fold in two, and spread once more with fat.
_Ingredients_--2 lb. of nice beef-steak. ½ lb. of bullock's kidney. 1 lb. of flaky or rough puff paste. 1 tablespoonful of flour. ½ pint of water. Pepper and salt.
_Method._--Roll the paste to a quarter of an inch in thickness.
Invert the pie-dish, and cut the paste to the size and shape of the under side of it.
Roll out the remainder, and cut a band one inch wide.
Wet the edge of the pie-dish, and place this round it.
Dip them in flour, and season with pepper and salt.
Roll each of the strips round a tiny piece of fat.
Put them into the pie-dish alternately with pieces of kidney.
Raise them in the middle of the dish in a dome-like form, and pour in the water.
Wet the edges of the paste lining of the dish, and lay the cover over.
Press the edges lightly together, and trim round with a knife.
Make a hole in the middle of the paste to let the gases from the meat escape.
Brush the crust with beaten egg, and decorate with leaves cut from the trimmings.
The pie should be put into a quick oven until the pastry is cooked; the heat must then be moderated to cook the meat thoroughly without drying up the pastry. If possible, finish cooking the meat on the top of the oven.
Some people prefer stewing the meat before using it in the pie. If this is done, it must be allowed to get cold before the pie is made.
It is an improvement to the pie to put layers of oysters, bearded, alternately with the rolls of beef.
_Ingredients_--1 rabbit. ¼ lb. of salt pork. 1 lb. of rough puff or flaky paste. ½ pint of water. 2 hard-boiled eggs. Pepper and salt.
_Method._--Prepare the paste as for beef-steak pie, lining the dish in the same manner.
Put them in the pie-dish alternately with the pork.
Pour in the water, and cover with the paste.
Brush over with beaten egg, and decorate with paste leaves.
Make a hole in the middle of the crust for the gases to escape.
Bake for about an hour, attending to directions given for baking beef-steak pie.
_Ingredients_--Puff and other pastry. Mincemeat. Castor sugar. White of 1 egg.
_Ingredients_--1 lb. of suet. 1 lb. of apples. 1 lb. of sugar. 1 lb. of currants. 1 lb. of raisins. 1 lb. of candied peel. The grated rind of 3 lemons. ¼ lb. of ratafias soaked in brandy.