Name: Common Suet-crust for Pies
Ingredients: 1 lb flour; 6 to 8 oz suet, chopped extremely small; a few grains of salt; cold water, as needed

Common Suet-crust for Pies

Ingredients

1 lb flour
6 to 8 oz suet, chopped extremely small
a few grains of salt
cold water, as needed

Directions

Chop the suet extremely small.
In a bowl, combine the flour and chopped suet with a few grains of salt.
Mix with cold water to form a firm paste.
Work the mixture until very smooth.

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.