Time to allow: 2 hrs Portions : 6 Ingredients Amount Type of raw ingredient Modern Substitutes 6 young rooks   3/4 lb rump steak   1/4 lb butter/dripping   1/2 pt stock   to taste salt and pepper   Method   1 Skin the birds without plucking by cuttig th skin near the thighs and drawing up over the body and head 2 darw the birds removing the heads , necks and back 3 split the birds down the breast and arrange in pie dish 4 cover each breats with a thin strip of steak 5 season and interspece small knobs of butter 6 3/4 fill the pie dish with stock 7 cover the top with pastry leaving small hole in the centre 8 bake in a hot oven for 30 mins then for 1 hour 15 mins in a moderate oven 9 after the pie has baked for 45 mins remove from oven and glaze with egg yolk then return to oven 10 immediately before serving add the remainder of the stock to the pie through the hole in the top of the pie Recipe Comments   1 Rook pie was considered a substitute for pigeon pie 2 A similar recipe was used for Carion Crow