Ingredients. - One-quarter of a pound of lard. One pound of pork (either loin or leg). Seasoning. One pound of flour. One egg.

Time required, two hours and a half.

To make a Pork Pie:

1. Put a quarter of a pound of lard and a quarter of a pint of cold water into a large saucepan.

2. Put the saucepan on the fire to boil.

N. B. - Watch it, as, if it boils over, it will catch fire.

3. Take one pound of lean pork (cut either from the loin or leg), put it on a board, and cut it in pieces about one inch square.

4. Put one pound of flour into a basin.

5. When the lard and water are quite boiling, pour them into the middle of the flour, and mix them well with a spoon.

6. When the paste is cool enough, knead it well with your hands.

N. B. - More water must not be added, as the paste is required to be rather stiff.

7. Take the paste out of the basin and put it on a floured board.

8. Cut off a quarter of the paste, and mould the remainder into the shape of a basin, pressing it inside with one hand and supporting it outside with the other.

9. Shape it as evenly as possible, and it should be about one-third of an inch in thickness all round.

10. Take a knife, flour it, and cut the top of the shape level all round.

11. Dip the pieces of pork into cold water, then season them well with pepper and salt.

12. Put these pieces inside the mould of paste, as close together as possible.

N. B. - The pie can be flavored, if liked, with chopped sage-about a teaspoonful-sprinkled well among the pieces of pork.

13. Take the remainder of the paste and roll it out with a floured rolling-pin, and cut it to the size of the top of the mould, and to about the thickness of one-third of an inch.

14. Take an egg and break it into two cups, separating the yolk from the white.

15. Take a paste-brush, dip it into the white of egg, and egg the edge of the mould of paste.

16. Take the piece of paste and put it over the top of the pie, pressing the edges together with your thumb.

17. Cut little leaves out of the remaining paste, dip them in the white of egg, and stick them on the top of the pie.

18. Wet the pie all over with the yolk of egg.

19. Put the pie in a moderate oven, to bake for two hours.