[Sca-cooks] Pastry cases - baking blind?

[Olwen the Odd]

My coronets are just waiting.  They know that before their term is up they 
*WILL* get something along these lines.  And they deserve it!  You should 
see what they have dreamed up for me to make for someone else!!!~
Olwen who will take pictures.

>Ok, and reasons we can't actually serve this to the royals is?
>
>Elewyiss
>Seeing it all now.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>IIRC, Master Martino uses a covered pie shell filled with flour as the
>first step in preparing live blackbirds in a pie.  The bottom is cut
>out, the flour removed, the blackbirds inserted and then the pie shell
>is placed over a second pie.  You get the effect of the birds flying out
>of the pie and still are able to serve from the shell.
>
>Bear

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