Partridge Pie

Ingredients

• 3 partridges
• pepper and salt to taste
• 1 teaspoonful minced parsley (when obtainable, a few mushrooms)
• 3/4 lb veal cutlet
• a slice of ham
• 1/2 pint stock
• puff paste

Instructions

1. Line a pie-dish with a veal cutlet; over that place a slice of ham and a seasoning of pepper and salt.
2. Pluck, draw, and wipe the partridges;
3. cut off the legs at the first joint, and season them inside with pepper, salt, minced parsley, and a small piece of butter;
4. place them in the dish, and pour over the stock;
5. line the edges of the dish with puff paste, cover with the same, brush it over with the yolk of an egg, and bake for 3/4 to 1 hour.