This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Ingredients. - Three pints of gooseberries, one pint of breadcrumbs, four ounces of sugar, or to taste, three ounces of butter, six eggs.
Method. - Cut off the tops and tails of the gooseberries, cook them until tender in a jar placed in a saucepan containing boiling water, then rub through a fine sieve. Add to the gooseberry puree the breadcrumbs, butter, sugar, and the eggs well beaten. Have ready a pie-dish with the edge lined with paste, pour in the preparation, bake for about forty minutes, or until set, then dredge well with castor sugar, and serve hot.
 
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