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Cooking time: 1 hour

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Serves: 6

200g Plain Flour

40g Strong White Flour

50g Unsalted Butter

100ml Water

1tsp Salt

60g Lard

6 Quail's Eggs

1 Onion (finely chopped)

350g Pork Loin (finely chopped)

100g Unsmoked Streaky Bacon (finely chopped)

Small Bunch of Sage

1 Free Range Egg (beaten)

Sea Salt and Ground Black Pepper

Caroline Cowan and Sarah Bristow from Plum Tree Catering share three crowd-pleasing dishes for an irresistible autumnal picnic...

  • pictures: David Merewether

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