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wild and game game pie recipe

Wild and Game, Game Pie

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Course Main Course

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g Wild and Game game mix
  • 150 ml red wine
  • 500 ml beef Stock
  • 1.5 tbsp redcurrant jelly
  • 1 tbsp mushroom ketchup
  • 80 g bacon lardons
  • 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 1 clove of garlic minced
  • 1 tsp mixed dried herbs
  • 150 g mushrooms sliced
  • 1 medium onion sliced
  • 1 bay leaf.
  • Olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 pack roll-out puff pastry.
  • 1 egg.

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat the oven to 150C, gas mark 2.
  • Toss the meat in the flour
  • Heat a couple of glugs of olive oil in a pan and fry the onion until soft.
  • Add the bacon and cook for a few minutes until lightly cooked.
  • Add the mushrooms and cook until soft.
  • Add the meat and cook until browned. Towards the end, add the garlic for and cook for a minute before moving on to the next step.
  • Add the wine and stir, bubbling for a few minutes.
  • Add the stock, bay leaf and herbs. Heat until bubbling.
  • Place a lid on the pan and cook in the oven for 2 hours or until the meat is tender. Take the lid off part way through but keep checking to ensure it doesn’t reduce too much. Add water if necessary.
  • Remove from the oven and turn the heat up to 220C, gas mark 7.
  • Place the game stew in a pie dish. Top with the pastry and brush with beaten egg.
  • Cook for about 10-15 minutes or until browned.
  • Serve with vegetables of your choice.
Keyword game, meat, pie