Woodcock Pie

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Complex

    • Ready in

      2 hr

Appears in

By Florence White

Published 1932

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Ingredients

  • Woodcock or snipe (or both) 4
  • fat bacon ½ lb.
  • veal

Method

  1. Pluck the woodcock, reserving 2 heads feathered to decorate the pie when cooked.
  2. Singe and bone the birds reserving the trail; remove the gizzards.
  3. Make a crust according to Mr. Wright’s recipe for Melton Mowbray Pork Pie, or a firm short crust.
  4. Put it into a collar mould (