Drunken venison pie

Name: Drunken venison pie
Ingredients: 1kg stewing venison, cut into large dice (ask the butcher where it is from, you probably don’t want an old stag but a younger beast); 1 tbsp plain flour; A good slug of rapeseed oil; 2 large white onions, chopped; 2 carrots, peeled and chopped, or neeps (swede) if you can get it; A handful of mushrooms; 7 juniper berries, crushed in a pestle and mortar (juniper does grow in the Scottish Highlands but it is only just returning, so leave the berries to have a chance at growing for now); A few sprigs of mountain thyme (ordinary thyme will do); 500ml ale (you can get some lovely Scottish ales, try Lia Fail by Inveralmond Brewery, or Guinness will do); 1 pack puff pastry, rolled out; 1 egg, for washing

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Venison, mushroom and ale pie topped with puff pastry from the ethical carnivore, Louise Gray

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1kg stewing venison, cut into large dice (ask the butcher where it is from, you probably don’t want an old stag but a younger beast)
1 tbsp plain flour
A good slug of rapeseed oil
2 large white onions, chopped
2 carrots, peeled and chopped, or neeps (swede) if you can get it
A handful of mushrooms
7 juniper berries, crushed in a pestle and mortar (juniper does grow in the Scottish Highlands but it is only just returning, so leave the berries to have a chance at growing for now)
A few sprigs of mountain thyme (ordinary thyme will do)
500ml ale (you can get some lovely Scottish ales, try Lia Fail by Inveralmond Brewery, or Guinness will do)
1 pack puff pastry, rolled out
1 egg, for washing