This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Roast on the spit a fowl stuffed with equal parts of fat and lean ham minced. Baste with oil mixed with the juice of a lemon and some salt. When the fowl is placed on the dish pour over it a puree of tomatoes with which has been blended a cup of Malaga wine or port.
 
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