Potato Pie from 1868
Recipe Source:
This recipe is from ‘The Dominion Home Cook Book’. A Canadian cookbook printed in 1868. Source: www.canadiana.ca
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The Historic Recipe:
Boil and mash some potatoes, mix them with some currants, sugar, and cinnamon, three or four eggs well beaten, some cream, enough to make it a thin mash, line your dish with puff paste, bake it brown in a brisk oven, not too much, strew white sugar over it when sent to table.
– The Dominion Home Cook Book, 1868
Directions for modern bake:
Boil and mash potatoes, set aside until cool
Mix together eggs and sugar
Add milk to mashed potatoes and combine with eggs and sugar
Add in cinnamon and raisins or currants
Pour filling into puff pastry pie shell
Bake at 400° F until brown
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Ingredients
Directions
Boil and mash potatoes, set aside until cool
Mix together eggs and sugar
Add milk to mashed potatoes and combine with eggs and sugar
Add in cinnamon and raisins or currants
Pour filling into puff pastry pie shell
Bake at 400° F until brown
