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Mutton Pot Pie, American

Cut into one-inch squares the meat from the leg of mutton left over from yesterday. Heat in a saucepan two tablespoons good melted lard, adding two finely minced onions, one ounce minced, lean, raw ham and two finely minced green peppers; brown for five minutes, occasionally mixing; then add the mutton and four peeled, crushed red tomatoes. Season with a teaspoon salt and a saltspoon grated nutmeg. Stir a little, then add two gills of demi-glace. Plunge two medium potatoes, cut into half-inch-square pieces, into boiling water for eight minutes. Drain and add to the mutton. Mix well and cook for ten minutes more. Transfer the mutton to an earthenware baking dish; sprinkle one teaspoon chopped parsley, mixed with a clove chopped garlic, over the stew. Cover the top with a pie paste. Glaze the surface with a beaten egg. Make two small incisions on the surface, in the centre, with the point of a knife. Place in the oven to bake for fifteen minutes. Remove and send to the table in the same dish.