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FISH AND OYSTER PIE
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FISH AND OYSTER PIE

16 ingredients 4 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

222
Calories
17g
Protein
9g
Fat
18g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Oyster 6 medium (84g) 81
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Eel not in our table 0
Mace not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 teaspoonful of grated nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoonful of finely-chopped parsley
  • 1 pint of water
  • 1 teaspoonful of chopped parsley
  • 2 dozen oysters
  • 2 tench
  • 2 eels
  • 2 onions
  • 4 blades of mace
  • 3 anchovies
  • 6 hard-boiled eggs
  • pepper
  • salt
  • nutmeg
  • parsley
  • mace

Directions

1

[COLD MEAT COOKERY.] _Ingredients._—Any remains of cold fish, such as cod or haddock; 2 dozen oysters, pepper and salt to taste, bread-crumbs sufficient for the quantity of fish; ½ teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, 1 teaspoonful of finely-chopped parsley. _Mode._—Clear the fish from the bones, and put a layer of it in a pie-dish, which sprinkle with pepper and salt; then a layer of bread-crumbs, oysters, nutmeg, and chopped parsley. Repeat this till the dish is quite full. You may form a covering either of bread-crumbs, which should be browned, or puff-paste, which should be cut into long strips, and laid in cross-bars over the fish, with a line of the paste first laid round the edge. Before putting on the top, pour in some made melted butter, or a little thin white sauce, and the oyster-liquor, and bake. _Time._—If made of cooked fish, ¼ hour; if made of fresh fish and puff-paste, ¾ hour. _Average cost_, 1_s._ 6_d._ _Seasonable_ from September to April.

2

_Note._—A nice little dish may be made by flaking any cold fish, adding a few oysters, seasoning with pepper and salt, and covering with mashed potatoes; ¼ hour will bake it.

3

FISH PIE, with Tench and Eels.

4

_Ingredients._—2 tench, 2 eels, 2 onions, a faggot of herbs, 4 blades of mace, 3 anchovies, 1 pint of water, pepper and salt to taste, 1 teaspoonful of chopped parsley, the yokes of 6 hard-boiled eggs, puff-paste. _Mode._—Clean and bone the tench, skin and bone the eels, and cut them into pieces 2 inches long, and leave the sides of the tench whole. Put the bones into a stewpan with the onions, herbs, mace, anchovies, water, and seasoning, and let them simmer gently for 1 hour. Strain it off, put it to cool, and skim off all the fat. Lay the tench and eels in a pie-dish, and between each layer put seasoning, chopped parsley, and hard-boiled eggs; pour in part of the strained liquor, cover in with puff-paste, and bake for ½ hour or rather more. The oven should be rather quick, and when done, heat the remainder of the liquor, which pour into the pie. _Time._—½ hour to bake, or rather more if the oven is slow.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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