to pour in after baking.

1244. Mutton Pie.

The following is a capital family dish:--Cut mutton into pieces about
two inches square, and half an inch thick; mix pepper, pounded
allspice, and salt together, dip the pieces in this; sprinkle stale
bread-crumbs at the bottom of the dish; lay in the pieces, strewing
the crumbs over each layer; put a piece of butter the size of a hen's
egg at the top; add a wineglassful of water, and cover in, and bake in
a moderate oven rather better than an hour. Take an onion, chopped
fine; a faggot of herbs; half an anchovy; and add to it a little beef
stock or gravy; simmer for a quarter of an hour; raise the crust at
one end, and pour in the liquor--not the thick part. (_See_ POTATO
PIE. _par_, 1118).

[IF NONE ENDEAVOUR, THERE WOULD BE AN END TO DISCOVERY.]

1245. Seven-Bell Pasty.

Shred a pound of suet fine, cut salt pork into dice, potatoes and
onions small, rub a sprig of dried sage up fine; mix with some pepper,
and place in the corner of a square piece of paste; turn over the
other corner, pinch up the sides, and bake in a quick oven. If any
bones, &c., remain from the meat, season with pepper and sage, place
them with a gill of water in a pan, and bake with the pasty; when
done, strain and pour the gravy into the centre of the pasty.

1246. Apple Pie.

Pare, core, and quarter the apples; boil the cores and parings in
sugar and water; strain off the liquor, adding more sugar; grate the
rind of a lemon over the apples, and squeeze the juice into the syrup;
mix half a dozen cloves with the fruit, put in a piece of butter the
size of a walnut; cover with puff paste.

1247. Cup in a Pie-Dish.

The custom of placing an inverted cup in a fruit pie, is to retain the
juice while the pie is baking in the oven, and prevent its boiling
over. When the cup is first put in the dish it is full of cold air,
and when the pie is placed in the oven, this air will expand by the
heat and fill the cup, and drive out all the juice and a portion of
the present air it contains, in which state it will remain until
removed from the oven, when the air in the cup will condense, and
occupy a very small space, leaving the remainder to be filled with
juice; but this does not take place till the danger of the juice
boiling over is passed.

1248. Excellent Paste for Fruit or Meat Pies.

Excellent paste f