VEAL OLIVE PIE (Cold Meat Cookery)
Origin: London, England
Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861
Ingredients
- A few thin slices of cold fillet of veal
- a few thin slices of bacon
- forcemeat No. 417
- a cupful of gravy
- 4 tablespoonful cream
- puff-crust
Instructions
- 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;
- roll them tightly, and fill up a pie-dish with them;
- 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.
- The pieces of rolled veal should be about 3 inches in length, and about 3 inches round.