Game Pie
INGREDIENTS for large pie. For the crust 2 lbs. of flour, 1 lb. of butter, 1 pint of water, 4 eggs (yolks only), a teaspoonful of salt. For the pie 1 large pheasant, 2 partridges, a few slices of dressed ham, forcemeat, seasoning of allspice, pepper and salt, gravy. AVERAGE Cost COST, 9s.
Make a stiff short crust with the ingredients given above, butter a raised piemould and line it with the paste. After preparing, cut the birds into small joints, GAME PIE, WITH JELLY. removing as much bone and skin as possible, and having lined the pie with a layer of forcemeat, fill it with the game cut up as described, the ham in very small pieces, and the forcemeat in layers, seasoning well. Put on the top of the pie, ornament GAME SOUP. it, glaze with yolk of egg, and bake in a moderate oven for 4 hours. In the meantime, make a good strong gravy from the bones, reducing it so that it will jelly when cold, and pour it with the aid of a funnel through the hole at the top of the pie. A few truffles or mushrooms are a great improvement to this pie, and any other game can be used.
TIME.-4 hours.
SEASONABLE from September to March.