Chewet Pie
Serves 12 · 3 of 8 items checked · 4 aisles
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A small spiced pie of minced meat, fruit, and suet, sweet and savoury at once.
A chewet was a small fried or baked pie with a filling of minced meat, dried fruit, and spice. It sat between the savoury and the sweet and appeared at feasts alongside both.
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3 of 8 items checked
Serves 12 · 3 of 8 items checked · 4 aisles
Mince cooked meat finely and mix it with chopped suet, currants, and chopped apple.
Season generously with cinnamon, ginger, salt, and pepper, and moisten with a little wine or stock.
Roll out a short pastry and cut it into small rounds. Put a spoonful of filling on each and cover with another round.
Crimp the edges and cut a small slit in each lid.
Bake until golden, or fry the chewets in hot fat until crisp. Serve warm.
Adapted from The Forme of Cury.
The wager at Port-Royal · Paris, France