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Beef or Lamb and Turnip Pie

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

4 cups diced turnips
1 quart boiling water
Salt and pepper to taste
2 to 3 tablespoons flour
2 cups chopped cooked beef or lamb



Recipe

Cook the turnips in the boiling water until tender. Thicken the mixture with the flour mixed to a smooth paste with an equal quantity of cold water thcn cook several minutes. Add the cooked meat, season to taste with salt and pepper, and pour into a shallow pan or baking dish. Make biscuit dough as described below. Roll the dough thin, about 1/2 inch, cut into biscuits, and place them over the top of the hot meat mixture so they do not touch each other. Bake in a hot oven (400° F.) for about 1/2 hour, or until the biscuits are done.

Biscuit Dough

2 cups sifted flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons fat
2/3-3/4 cup milk or water
Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in the fat with the sifted dry ingredients, and add milk or water to make a soft mixture that can be rolled.