HOT MUTTON PIES

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1687, 29 June 1904, Page 26

HOT MUTTON PIES

For these pies take a pound of lean lamb, cut into dice, and season ivith pepper, salt, and a dash of cayenne. Add half a cupful of cold water to make gravy, and five cupfuls of flour with a cupful of lard. R.uh half the lard into the flour; the rest put into a pan with a pint of water, bring it to a boil, and pour into the flour. .Stir and knead until smooth, but do not let the paste cool for a moment, or it cannot be moulded. Cut off a piece of the dough, roil it into a round the size of a saucer and quickly fit it inside a small muffin ring, shaping it with the fingers until a perfect cup is formed. Put ill a heaping tablespoonful of tlio mutton with a tablespoonfui of the liquor, then roll out a round of paste as large as the muffin ring, cut a small slit in it, lay on top, and press it down to make a lid for the pi£. Pass a rolling pin quickly over the top to cut off the ragged edges of paste, and allow the pie to slip neatly from the ring. Lift it carefully and siet it in a baking pan; then make as many more- as the paste will provide. Do not place the pies closely together, or they will stick and break, allowing both the gravy and the meat to escape' Bake in a hot oven until brown amd crisp. It will require about an hour to cook the lamb thoroughly. Serve the pies piping hot.

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Mr J. Harker, Waipawa, has been appointed a member of the Napier Harbour Board by the Government-, in the place of Mr S. Carnell, # who, an Mayor of Napier, takes ex-officio a seat on the Board. Mr J. A. Petrie (Mayor of Greymouth) and Mr J. Mandl (Mayor of Hokitika) have been appointed members of the Greymouth Harbour Board. The Admiralty authorities at Sydney have decided to extensively alter the naval depot at Garden Island. Plans are in course of preparation for the erection of additional wharfage capable of accommodating the largest vessel of the British fleet. Underground works are to be constructed for the storage of explosives.