Juniper Pigeon Pies With Pumpkin Seed Puff Recipe

• 4 x squab (farmed pigeon) if you can get them or possibly wood pigeon qv below) sea salt and black pepper
• 30 gm butter extra virgin olive oil
• 100 gm bacon lardons
• 12 sm shallots peeled and left whole
• 3 clv garlic minced
• 1 sprg rosemary needles roughly minced
• 12 x juniper berries crushed (use the back of a spoon)
• 2 Tbsp. flour
• 200 ml white wine
• 100 ml chicken stock
• 15 gm dry morels (optional) soaked in a c. of water till soft
• 1/2 sm butternut squash peeled deseeded and minced into chunks Handful raisins
• 1 pkt readyrolled puff pastry
• 1 x egg lightly beaten to glaze
• 1 Tbsp. pumpkin seeds

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