Sweet-Meat (Meat Hash Pie with Currants and Redcurrant Jelly)

Ingredients

• 1 kilo hachis of several sorts of meat
• 125 grammes Corinth and Smyrna raisins
• 2 whole eggs
• 2 tablespoonfuls redcurrant jelly
• salt
• pepper
• a pinch of powdered ginger
• puff-paste trimmings
• egg
• 1 decilitre and a half very good veal gravy
• 3 spoonfuls redcurrant jelly

Instructions

1. Prepare a hachis of several sorts of meat, or of a single one, Filet or Roastbeef.
2. To 1 kilo of hachis add the Corinth and Smyrna raisins in equal parts, the whole eggs, the redcurrant jelly, salt, pepper and a pinch of powdered ginger.
3. Lay this composition on a thin sheet of puff-paste trimmings and cover it with a second sheet.
4. Seal and raise the edges into a roll, or trim and pinch them.
5. Egg-wash, score with a fork and bake in an oven of moderate heat for about 35 minutes.
6. Serve at the same time a veal gravy with redcurrant jelly: 1 decilitre and a half of very good gravy with 3 spoonfuls of dissolved redcurrant jelly added.