Cooking like a Sailor - Sea Pie
Sea-pie is a layered pie with meat or fish that was served to British sailors in the 18th century because it was easy to prepare and cook such dishes.
It is prepared by lining a pot or pan with a thick layer of batter and then filling it alternately with meat (e.g. pork, beef, fish or pigeon) or stew and vegetables; the ingredients are then covered with batter. Mark Morton in Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities, claims that the pie is made "by alternating layers of meat, fish and vegetables with broken biscuits" and that it "doesn't really have anything to do with the sea or the pie". Therefore, there is no set list of ingredients; rather, the sea pie is made with whatever meat and vegetables were available at the time of preparation and was used for leftovers and used to be a bit of a highlight among sailors.
However, I have a nice recipe to try here by Hannah Glasse, 1747. It is from her chapter "For Captains of Ships" in The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy and called "A Cheshire Pork Pye for Sea." Here it is:
"Take some salt pork that has been boiled, cut it into thin Slices, an equal Quantity of Potatoes, pared and sliced thin, make a good crust, cover the Dish, lay a layer of Meat, seasoned with a little Pepper, and a Layer of Potatoes; then a Layer of Meat, and a layer of Potatoes, and so on till your Pye is full. Season it with Pepper; when it is full, lay some Butter on top, and fill your Dish above half full with soft Water. Close your Pye up, and bake it in a gentle Oven."
Or:
Ingredients
5 pounds boneless beef sirloin, cubed
3 pounds boneless pork roast, cubed
6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed
4 large onions, chopped
6 large stalks celery, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
6 pieces of pie crusts big enough for your pan
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cook and stir beef, pork, and chicken in a Dutch oven over medium-low heat until meat begins to brown. Mix in onions and celery; season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for 5 more minutes.
Arrange 2 pie crusts in a single layer in the bottom of a large roasting pan. Spread 1/2 of the meat mixture over crusts. Arrange 2 more pie crusts on top, then spread with remaining meat mixture.
Cover with remaining 2 pie crusts, pressing and stretching them to the sides of the pan. Poke 8 small holes on top to allow steam to escape. Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown and pie is hot and bubbly, about 1 hour.
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