BBC Food - Recipes - Raised game pie

Name: BBC Food - Recipes - Raised game pie
Ingredients: 2 banana shallots , finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 700g/1lb 9oz mixed, boned, diced game meat, such as venison, rabbit, pheasant, pigeon and boar; 200g/7oz minced pork belly; 200g/7oz back bacon , rind removed, diced; 2 tbsp Madeira wine; ½ tsp ground mace; ½ tsp ground allspice; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; 2 tbsp chopped thyme; salt and white pepper; 450g/1lb plain flour; 100g/3½oz strong white bread flour; 75g/2½oz cold, unsalted butter , cut into roughly 1cm/½in dice; ½ tsp salt; 100g/3½oz lard , plus extra for greasing; 1 free-range egg yolk , beaten, to glaze

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A game pie always makes a spectacular centrepiece and this handsome example is amazingly straightforward to make – especially if you buy mixed game meat ready-prepared from a good butcher....

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Ingredients

2 banana shallots , finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
700g/1lb 9oz mixed, boned, diced game meat, such as venison, rabbit, pheasant, pigeon and boar
200g/7oz minced pork belly
200g/7oz back bacon , rind removed, diced
2 tbsp Madeira wine
½ tsp ground mace
½ tsp ground allspice
2 tbsp chopped parsley
2 tbsp chopped thyme
salt and white pepper
450g/1lb plain flour
100g/3½oz strong white bread flour
75g/2½oz cold, unsalted butter , cut into roughly 1cm/½in dice
½ tsp salt
100g/3½oz lard , plus extra for greasing
1 free-range egg yolk , beaten, to glaze