A game pie always makes a spectacular centrepiece ... about 7cm/2¾in deep. Once made, the pastry has to be moulded while it’s still warm, before the fat sets and the pastry becomes flaky ...

Keep any leftover pie in the fridge to snaffle later. Half-fill a saucepan with cold water and bring to the ... turn your baking tray over. For the pastry, put the flour and pepper in a food ...

Match your pie ... crust types out there. Even within the flour-butter-liquid genre, you have everything from ultra-flaky puff pastry to crumbly-crisp shortcrust, sturdy hot-water crust, and ...