Rabbit Pie with Pate

How long have you been baking pies? We are not talking about quick pies from ready-made puff pastry, but about real pies, when you prepare the dough and the filling yourself. And also intricately decorate pastries. If you are ready to begin the sacrament, we have a suitable recipe. Here, the rich filling of rabbit and chicken liver pate is complemented by a thin layer of crumbly dough on lard. Be warned: pie is addictive!

Ingredients

• rabbit weighing 1.2 kg
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1.5 tbsp. l. butter
• 1 tsp dry thyme and marjoram
• salt, freshly ground black pepper
• 450 g chicken liver
• 50 g butter
• 4 st. l. brandy
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 100 ml milk
• 100 g lard
• 100 g butter
• 2 eggs

Directions

1. Wash the rabbit, separate the meat from the bones and cut it into small cubes. Peel the onion and garlic, chop finely and fry the vegetables in hot oil, 5 minutes. Stir in meat, herbs, salt and pepper.
2. Sift flour and a pinch of salt into a bowl. Boil milk and 0.5 cups of water. Add the lard and butter, cut into cubes, and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and gradually, stirring, pour into a bowl of flour. Add eggs, beaten with a pinch of salt, and knead to a smooth dough. Roll it into a ball and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes.
3. Wash the liver, dry it and fry in hot oil, 6–7 minutes. Add brandy and nutmeg. Salt, pepper and grind in a blender
4. Grease a detachable form with a diameter of 20-22 cm with oil, cover the bottom with baking paper. Roll out 2/3 of the prepared dough thinly and cover the mold with it.
5. Lay out half of the filling. Add the pate and top with the remaining filling. Roll out the remaining dough, cover the pie with it.
6. Cut off excess dough, pinch the edges. Make a hole in the center. Cut leaves from the remaining dough, decorate the cake. Brush the surface with a lightly beaten egg. Bake for 20 minutes. at 200 ° C. Then reduce the oven temperature to 150 ° C and bake for another 1.5 hours, covered with paper. Remove the sides of the mold, grease the sides of the pie with a beaten egg, cover the top with paper and return to the oven for 15 minutes. at 200 ° C.