Pigeon and Venison Pie

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
The Potato Year: 300 Classic Recipes

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

  • About

This pie has potato in both the pastry and the filling. The presence of potato in pastry has the effect of lightening it, yet binding it together, thus making handling easier.

Ingredients

For the Pastry

  • 2 oz (50 g) mashed potato
  • oz (65

Method

Prepare the pastry by mixing the flour, potato and salt and rubbing in the butter. Bind with a few drops of cold water and put in the fridge for at least an hour.

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