LARK PIE (an Entree)

Ingredients

• A few thin slices of beef
• bacon
• 9 larks
• flour
• for stuffing
• 1 teacupful bread crumbs
• 1/2 teaspoonful minced lemon-peel
• 1 teaspoonful minced parsley
• 1 egg
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoonful chopped shalot
• 1/2 pint weak stock or water
• puff-paste

Instructions

1. Make a stuffing of bread crumbs, minced lemon-peel, parsley, and the yolk of an egg, all of which should be well mixed together;
2. roll the larks in flour, and stuff them.
3. Line the bottom of a pie-dish with a few slices of beef and bacon; over these place the larks, and season with salt, pepper, minced parsley, and chopped shalot, in the above proportion.
4. Pour in the stock or water, cover with crust, and bake for an hour in a moderate oven.
5. During the time the pie is baking, shake it 2 or 3 times, to assist in thickening the gravy, and serve very hot.