Name: Snipe in a Pie
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: ½ cup golden raisins; a generous ¾ cup (1¾ sticks) butter; 1½ pounds pastry dough; 1 egg yolk, mixed with a little water; cognac; salt and pepper; 4 pounds sharp apples, peeled, cored and chopped; 1 shallot, finely chopped (if unavailable, use 1 tablespoon finely chopped mild onion); 6 juniper berries, crushed; 6 snipe, drawn, trussed, and barded

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Game Cookbook

By Clarissa Dickson Wright and Johnny Scott

Published 2004

About

I was served snipe pie in the Auvergne, it was an elaborate affair beautifully decorated with pastry dough cut outs of flying snipe, guns, and dogs. It was very large—this is a much smaller version for use at home.