Recipe - Oyster And Ham Pie

1 Batch "Basic Easy Crust"
(see recipe) rolled out
into two 9inch circles
3 cup Coarsely ground ham
2 tablespoon Prepared mustard (i prefer
Grey Poupon.)
2 cup Shelled & drained oysters
2 tablespoon Yellow onion; chopped fine
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Fresh ground black pepper
2 tablespoon Butter
1 cup Whipping cream

This sounds a bit unusual but understand that pies have always been a way
of stretching out meat. This is actually very delicious, as long as you use
real ham and not that canned, boiled, flavorless stuff from the slicing
machine at the delicatessen.

Line a shallow 9inch pie plate with one of the crust circles. Mix the
ham with the mustard and spread over the bottom crust. Put in a layer of
oysters, and sprinkle with the chopped onion. Add salt and pepper and dot
with the butter. Pour the cream over all and cover with the other crust
half. Prick the top of the dough with a fork and bake in a 400ø oven until
flaky and brown, about 30 minutes. Serve hot or cold.

Start with the BakedBean Soup and serve Stuffed Onions along with the
pie. Shaker Daily Loaf will fill out the menu.

NOTE: Three cups of chopped hardboiled eggs may be substituted for the
ham.

From The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe
Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.