After the eggs have been mixed well with the flour for the receipt (recipe) Maccaroni, knead the dough for quite awhile until it is pliable and ready to roll.  As pictured, I rolled a small amount of the dough at a time using a minimal amount of additional flour and cut small squares.  The two small dowels will be used to roll the macaroni.

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After two eggs have been whisked very well for the receipt (recipe) Maccaroni, a half pound of flour was weighed on my balance scales.  I then lined my bowl with the flour and added the bubbly whisked eggs.

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The first step to make pipe macaroni for the receipt (recipe) Maccaroni is to take two eggs and whisk them very well.

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My  table is set to prepare the 1784 receipt (recipe) Maccaroni.  On the table from left to right is my salt box, horse hair seive for the pipe macaroni to dry, parmesan cheese, pewter water plate, and balance scales (hanging from the floor hook).

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The receipt (recipe) A Hen Pye presented at the table with the baking lid removed ready for the contents to be served.  The ingredients are roasted hen cut in pieces with yolks of hard boiled eggs and sliced lemon laid on top.  The only missing component in the picture is the lear thickened with eggs that would have been poured in the decorated hole in the lid just after baking.

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The receipt (recipe) A Hen Pye is the decorated coffin in the center of the bake oven baking on a tin baking sheet lined with paper.

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After the lid for the receipt (recipe) A Hen Pye was placed, decorated and the coffin closed, the pye was ready for the oven.  Pictured is the pye on the tin baking sheet being positioned in the bake oven with a peel.

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After the sliced lemon is laid in the coffin for the receipt (recipe) A Hen Pye close the pye.  The lid is placed on the coffin, decorated with more coffin paste and the details highlighted with an egg yolk wash.

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After the yolks of hard boiled eggs were placed in the coffin for the receipt (recipe) A Hen Pye lay on slised lemon.

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After roasted hen has been cut in pieces and laid in the pye for the receipt (recipe) A Hen Pye lay on balls yolks of hard eggs in the coffin.

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