The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
March 22nd : EEL PIE
Four eels, of half a pound weight each, are enough for a good-sized pie.
Let these be skinned and the fins cut away, and then washed in fair water ; divide the fish into lengths of about two inches ; rub these over with equal parts of Cayenne pepper and salt.
When you haveplaced the eels in a pie-dish, pour in as much veal stock as will fill it to the brim. Cover with a light paste, and bake for an hour. Before sending it to table, make a small aperture in the top crust, and pour in a teacupful of veal stock, in which a glass of sherry and the juice of a lemon have been mixed,