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Crab Pie England~ 1660

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      Title: CRAB PIE                 ENGLAND~ 1660
 Categories: Ethnic, Seafood, Pies, Main dish
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
  1 1/2 lb Short pastry
      1 lb Crabmeat
    1/4    Eel; skinned & chopped, -OR-
    1/2 lb Salmon; filleted
      1 md Onion; finely chopped
    1/2 c  Currants
      2 tb Peeled, sliced grapes or
           -gooseberries or blueberries
           -or a mixture
    1/4 c  Breadcrumbs
      4 tb Sweet herbs (e.g. tarragon,
           -dill, or chervil), chopped
    1/4 ts Ground nutmeg
      2 tb Butter
    1/2 c  White wine
 
     Line two small 4" (or one 8") souffle' or pie dishes with half the
  pastry. Arrange layers of crab, eel, onion, currants, grapes or goose-
  berries, breadcrumbs and herbs, seasoning the layers with salt,
  pepper, and nutmeg. Dot with the butter and pour the wine over the
  top of each dish. Cover each with a pastry lid and bake at 375f for
  15 to 20 minutes. Serve
  
  hot or cold.
  
  From _The Accomplisht Cook_  Robert May, 1660 Compiled and Updated by
  Maxime de la Falaise in _Seven Centuries of English Cooking_ Grove
  Press,
  
  1973   ISBN 0-8021-3296-0 Typos by Jeff Pruett.
 
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