Partridge Pie
INGREDIENTS for and salt to taste, 1 teaspoonful of minced parsley (when obtainable, a few mushrooms), lb. of veal cutlet, a slice of ham, pint of stock, puff-paste. AVERAGE COST, 78.
Line a pie-dish with a veal cutlet; over that place a slice of ham and a seasoning of pepper and salt. Pluck, draw and wipe the partridges; cut them in half, and cut off the legs at the first joint, and season inside with pepper, salt, minced parsley and a small piece of butter ; place them inside with pepper, salt, minced them in the dish, and pour over the stock; line the edges of the dish with puff-paste, it over with the yolk of an egg, and bake cover with the same, decorate, and brush for to 1 hour.
TIME.- to 1 hour. the beginning of February.
SEASONABLE from the 1st of September to