VEAL OLIVE PIE (Cold Meat Cookery)

Origin: London, England

Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cut thin slices from a fillet of veal, place on them thin slices of bacon, and over them a layer of forcemeat, made by recipe No. 417, with an additional seasoning of shalot and cayenne;
  2. roll them tightly, and fill up a pie-dish with them;
  3. add the gravy and cream, cover with a puff-crust, and bake for 1 to 1-1/2 hour: should the pie be very large, allow 2 hours.
  4. The pieces of rolled veal should be about 3 inches in length, and about 3 inches round.

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