Now that grey squirrel is the latest meat to hit the menu, you may have some questions as to the best way to prepare it. To get you started, restaurant owner and grey squirrel connoisseur Kevin Viner offers a recipe to get you started, but since grey squirrel meat is still a relatively new concept, you may have to branch out and experiment to discover your preferred preparation method.

How to make squirrel pasties
Kevin Viner's recipe for two pasties

 140g squirrel meat cut into 1cm cubes;

100g sliced potato; 100g sliced swede; 50g diced onion; 30g smoked bacon;

15g chopped hazelnuts; 75g butter;

5g chopped parsley; a good pinch of salt and pepper

Method

- Egg wash edges of pastry circles.

- Place the potato, swede, hazelnuts, parsley and seasoning on to each circle followed by the bacon, squirrel meat and, finally, the onion.

- Place butter in each pasty, then fold over the pastry and crimp the edges.

- Put the pasties on to a greaseproof baking tray, egg wash both pasties well, place in a pre-heated oven at 180C or gas mark 5.

- Bake for 45-50 minutes. The juices should start to boil and the pasties should be able to move on the tray with ease.

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