Herbed duck and rabbit pie with suet crust
Australian Gourmet Traveller main course recipe for herbed duck and rabbit pie with suet crust
- Serves 6
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Ingredients
Pie filling
- 4 duck marylands
- 1 rabbit, jointed
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
- 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 25 ml dry white wine (½ cup)
- 500 ml chicken stock (2 cups)
- ¼ cup each finely chopped flat-leaf parsley, French tarragon and sage
- 1 tbsp each thyme leaves and finely chopped rosemary
- 1 egg, lightly beaten with 1 tbsp milk
- To serve: mixed herb salad
Suet crust
- 200 gm self-raising flour
- 100 gm coarsely grated suet (see note)
Method
Main
- 1Preheat oven to 160C. Heat a heavy-based frying pan over medium-high heat, add duck, skin-side down and cook for 5-6 minutes or until golden, turn and cook for another
5 minutes, then transfer to a roasting pan. Add rabbit to pan and cook, turning once,
for 5-6 minutes or until golden, then transfer to roasting pan. Drain fat from frying pan, add onion, carrot, celery and garlic and cook for 5 minutes or until soft. Add wine and cook
for 1-2 minutes. Add stock, season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and bring to the boil. Pour over meat, cover tightly with foil and cook for 3-4 hours or until meat falls from the bone. - 2For suet crust, combine flour, suet and 1 tsp sea salt in a bowl and rub together using fingertips until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add 2-3 tbsp iced water until mixture just comes together, then knead on a lightly floured surface until just smooth, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- 3Remove meat from braising liquid and coarsely shred, discarding skin and bones. Strain braising liquid into a large saucepan, adding strained vegetables to meat. Simmer braising liquid over medium-high heat for 15 minutes or until reduced to 2 cups, then pour over meat, add herbs and mix to combine. Spoon into a 6 cup-capacity ceramic pie dish.
- 4Roll pastry to 3mm thick on a lightly floured work surface, place over filling pressing to seal edges and trimming with a small sharp knife. Brush pie with eggwash and make a hole in centre of pie. Bake for 30 minutes or until pastry is golden. Serve immediately with a mixed herb salad.
Notes
Note Suet is beef or mutton fat, and is available from butchers. You may need to order it ahead.
Drink Suggestion: Cool-climate pinot noir. Drink suggestion by Max Allen