How to Make Devonshire Squab Pie – The Victorian Way

📖 Order your copy of Mrs Crocombe’s cookery book here: 📖 Today, Mrs Crocombe is making a Devonshire Squab Pie - a simple but delicious dish that uses mutton and apples. Curiously, squab means pigeon, so this is an oddly named recipe given that there is no pigeon in it! The Devonshire part of the name may allude to it being an apple growing region, as well as having plenty of fine grazing land on the moors for sheep. English Heritage is a charity, working to preserve the story of England and bring it to life. If you enjoy these videos, you can support us by subscribing to our channel: The Victorian Way is filmed on location in the kitchens at Audley End House and Gardens in Essex, UK. INGREDIENTS Serves 4-6 people 1 onion 2 eating applies, ideally Cox 1 tbsp vegetable oil 12 boneless mutton neck cutlets Butter, for the dish 55 ml/2 fl oz/ ¼ cup meat stock 310g/11 oz puff pastry Fl