Venison Pie with Buttermilk Mash | Millbank Venison diced venison recipe

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 3 onions, roughly chopped
• 2 sticks celery, trimmed top and bottom and finely chopped
• 200g chunky bacon lardons (unsmoked)
• 250g chestnut mushrooms, roughly torn into large pieces
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 8 juniper berries, crushed
• 1kg Diced venison cut into 3cm cubes
• 2 tbsp plain flour
• 2 bay leaves
• Leaves from 2 sprigs rosemary, chopped
• Generous grating of nutmeg
• 200ml beef stock
• 500ml red wine
• 350g all-butter puff pastry
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten