Wootton Estate Game Pie Recipe - The Three Horseshoes

Ingredients

• 2 pheasant (or partridge) legs
• 2 duck legs
• 2 rabbit legs
• 500ml red wine
• 2 juniper berries
• 5 peppercorns
• ½ a head of garlic
• 5 sprigs of fresh thyme
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 250g diced haunch of venison
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 sticks of celery, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 litres good chicken stock
• 1 celeriac, chopped
• 75g dried cranberries
• 1 quantity of savoury pastry
• 1 egg, beaten, for brushing the pastry