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  • Today I'm making Devonshire  Squab Pie. It is a simple  

  • and delicious dish  using mutton and apples.

  • For this recipe you will need:

  • apples

  • onion

  • mutton

  • butter

  • puff pastry

  • fat

  • some stock

  • and for seasoning, salt

  • and pepper

  • The flavour of onion isn't much liked  by the family as it's generally felt  

  • it encourages bad breath and bloatingHowever, a little bit of well-cooked  

  • onion works really well in this pie  so i'm using half an onion

  • Sylvia has already peeled and cored the apples  so now i'm going to slice them evenly.

  • Squab means pigeon...

  • there isn't any pigeon in this pie.

  • And I don't know why it's called 'Devonshire' either

  • although coming from Devonshire I can tell you there are plenty of apples.

  • There are also quite a lot of sheep.

  • I'm now going to brown off the meat.

  • Mutton is one of my favorite meats. Some  people think it's far superior to lamb.

  • Mutton is leaner and more flavoursome  

  • and it takes on spice and  strong flavours really well.

  • It is ideal for slow cooking, depending on your cut.

  • I've read that the Queen loves mutton, and she favours sheep that are over 10 years.

  • Now I've lined my dish with butter, I need to layer in the ingredients.

  • Mutton first

  • and now half the onions

  • the apples

  • I'm going to highly season  this dish with salt and pepper.

  • And now to start again with the layering.

  • I'll now add my stock

  • Now this needs to go into an  oven for an hour and a half  

  • I need to cover it. I might save on my paper and use this salt paste.

  • Obviously I'm not going to  serve it with this salt crust  

  • so I shall just remove it

  • As this dish is for the family, I  shall layer on now some puff pastry  

  • to elevate it to the right kind of dishBut first I shall place in my pie funnel 

  • as when it's cooking this  will help the steam escape  

  • and mean the mixture can boil nicely.

  • I'm going to cover it with this egg wash of egg, salt, and a little milk.

  • And now I'm going to decorate it to truly  

  • make it suitable for the family's table.

  • I'm going to brush some of the egg wash on only some of the pastry  

  • to give it an effect.

  • And now it needs to go back  into the oven for 20 minutes.

  • This is a fairly plain dish, suitable  for the family at supper or luncheon.  

  • I wouldn't serve it to their guests, unless  they were very well known by the family.

  • There you are - Devonshire Squab Pie.

Today I'm making Devonshire  Squab Pie. It is a simple  

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