Serves 8.
Ingredients.
4 tbspn sunflower oil
8 pigeon breasts
900g braising steak
2 rashers bacon
2 large onions sliced
225g mushrooms sliced
1 tbspn plain flour
300 ml stock
300 ml red wine
1 tbspn redcurrant jelly
350g puff pastry
Heat oil and brown pigeon breasts and steak well on all sides; set aside.
Add bacon and onions and fry gently until onions are soft; add mushrooms and cook 1 minute. Stir in the flour and gradually add stock and wine and bring to the boil. Add redcurrant jelly and season. Put the meat, pigeon breasts and sauce into in a pie dish and leave to cool.
Preheat oven to gas 6, 200C, 400F. Roll out the pastry and cover the pie. Bake for 20 minutes and then lower oven to gas 4,180C, 350F and cook for a further 30 minutes.
Ingredients.
4 tbspn sunflower oil
8 pigeon breasts
900g braising steak
2 rashers bacon
2 large onions sliced
225g mushrooms sliced
1 tbspn plain flour
300 ml stock
300 ml red wine
1 tbspn redcurrant jelly
350g puff pastry
Heat oil and brown pigeon breasts and steak well on all sides; set aside.
Add bacon and onions and fry gently until onions are soft; add mushrooms and cook 1 minute. Stir in the flour and gradually add stock and wine and bring to the boil. Add redcurrant jelly and season. Put the meat, pigeon breasts and sauce into in a pie dish and leave to cool.
Preheat oven to gas 6, 200C, 400F. Roll out the pastry and cover the pie. Bake for 20 minutes and then lower oven to gas 4,180C, 350F and cook for a further 30 minutes.