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Quail pie

Quail pie, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including joint as you would a chicken for fricassee, cover the baking-dish bottom with thin s.

DessertOvenPublic domainHistoric recipeSource transcription
Est. prep10 min
Est. cook35 min
Est. serves6
Total45 min
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  • Joint as you would a chicken for fricassee, cover the baking-dish bottom with thin slices of streaky bacon, first partially boiled to extract the salt;
  • bake, covered, and slowly, one hour.

Historical transcription

Source method

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    Joint as you would a chicken for fricassee, cover the baking-dish bottom with thin slices of streaky bacon, first partially boiled to extract the salt; cover with a good white sauce, a few mushrooms, or a little mushroom catsup, and some chopped parsley, then with puff-paste. Cut a slit in the middle; bake, covered, and slowly, one hour. Uncover and brown.

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