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Meat Pie Paste

A simple dough for meat pies made with flour, baking powder, lard, salt, and water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Meat Pie Paste

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, lard, and salt.

  2. Add enough water to form a soft dough.

Shape and bake

  1. Roll out the dough to about ½ inch thick.

  2. Bake until golden brown.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Flour
Forms the structure of the dough once mixed with water.
Lard
Adds fat that makes the dough tender and short.
Baking powder
Releases gas that helps the dough rise and lighten.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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