- Ingredients—Slices of cold meat.
- 4 or 5 tomatoes.
- 1 small slice of bacon.
- 1 bay leaf.
- 1 piece of carrot, turnip, and onion.
- 1 sprig of parsley.
- Thyme and marjoram.
- 1 teaspoonful of vinegar.
- Pepper and salt.
Method.—Cut the bacon into dice, and fry it.
As soon as the fat melts, put in the tomatoes and other vegetables, cut in slices; stir them, and fry lightly, and then rub through a hair sieve.
Add the vinegar and pepper and salt.
Make the purée hot in a saucepan, and lay the pieces of meat in it to warm through.
Serve in a hot dish, with a border of boiled rice or macaroni.
Cold-meat Pie.
- Ingredients—Slices of cold meat.
- (If liked, slices of cold boiled potatoes).
- Some stock or gravy.
- Pepper and salt.
- Some plain pastry.
Method.—Roll out the paste, and cut a piece large enough for the cover.
Roll out the scraps, and from them cut a band an inch wide.