This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Ingredients. - Sixteen ounces of flour, four ounces of butter, four ounces of lard, two yolks of eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, two good pinches of salt, about two-eighths of a pint of water.
Method. - Rub the butter and lard lightly into the flour, add the baking-powder, salt, yolk of egg, and as much water as is necessary to form a stiff paste. Roll out to the required thickness and use at once.
 
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