BRAISED PHEASANT WITH MUSHROOMS
While I use pheasant thighs here, obviously chicken thighs will work, too, and in fact might even be better. I also use a variety of wild mushrooms I pick, but feel free to use whatever array of mushrooms you want. Try to use several different kinds, and yes, you can use reconstituted dried mushrooms, too. I really like to use verjus for the tartness in this recipe -- verjus is preserved, unripe grape juice -- but it can be tough to find. Freshly squeezed lemon juice is a good substitute.
Provided by Hank Shaw
Categories Main Course
Time 1h45m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large Dutch oven or pot, heat the butter over medium-high heat and brown the thighs. Take your time and don't crowd the pot. Do it in batches if need be. Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Remove the pheasant and add the sliced onion and mushrooms. Turn the heat up to medium-high and stir well. You may need another tablespoon of butter, as mushrooms soak up a lot. Cook, stirring often, until the onions begin to brown. Salt everything as it cooks.
- Deglaze the pot with the white wine; turn the heat up to high. Scrape any browned bits off the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon. Add the garlic and the pheasant, skin side up. Let the wine cook down by half.
- Pour in enough stock to come up to the level of the pheasant skin without submerging it. Doing this will keep the skin crispy when you finish the dish. Cover the pot and cook in the oven for 45 to 60 minutes; you want the meat to be just barely tender. Uncover, turn the heat to 400°F and cook for another 15 to 30 minutes, until the skin crisps up. To finish, add the parsley, then salt, black pepper and some form of acid -- lemon juice, vinegar, etc -- to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 810 kcal, Carbohydrate 8 g, Protein 52 g, Fat 61 g, SaturatedFat 21 g, Cholesterol 313 mg, Sodium 300 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 2 g, ServingSize 1 serving
BRAISED PHEASANT IN REMARKABLE MUSHROOM GRAVY
Make and share this Braised Pheasant in Remarkable Mushroom Gravy recipe from Food.com.
Provided by seapard
Categories Pheasant
Time 1h40m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Dredge pheasant pieces in seasoned flour.
- Heat butter and 2 tbs oil in dutch oven over medium heat. Add about 5 pheasant pieces -- make sure everything's in a single layer and not overly crowded. Cook 3 minutes/side until brown and remove. Repeat with remaining pheasant, adding oil as needed.
- Remove last batch of pheasant and set aside. Add mushrooms. Cook about 10 minutes, stirring often.
- Add onions to mushrooms, cooking for three or four minutes until tender.
- Add 2 tbsp of reserved seasoned flour. Stir well.
- Add wine, stock, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Bring to a simmer and make sure to scrape all those bits from the bottom of the dutch oven. Add pheasant pieces.
- Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 1 hour.
- Serve with mashed potatoes or egg noodles.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 963.6, Fat 50.1, SaturatedFat 16.1, Cholesterol 305.2, Sodium 648.9, Carbohydrate 20.3, Fiber 1, Sugar 1.9, Protein 94.7
PHEASANT BRAISED WITH LEEKS, CIDER & APPLES
Need an impressive autumnal dish to serve at a dinner party? Try this pheasant with pickled apples, leeks and hazelnuts. Serve with our celeriac colcannon
Provided by Rosie Birkett
Categories Dinner, Main course, Supper
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- For the pickled apples, put the salt, sugar, vinegar and berries in a small pan and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat, add the apple cubes and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed, high-sided casserole and season the pheasant joints with salt. Brown them all over, rendering out some of the yellow fat into the pan. Remove to a plate and season with pepper. Add the leeks, bacon and thyme to the pan along with a pinch of salt and a good grind of black pepper, and fry until the leeks have softened - about 8 mins. Add the apple slices and cook until starting to colour on both sides.
- Spoon in the brandy and cook until evaporated, add the cider and simmer for a few more mins to cook off the alcohol. Pour in the stock and bring to the boil. Reduce to a gentle simmer and add the pheasant joints back to the pan, covering with a circle of baking parchment.
- After 15 mins, remove the breasts from the pan to a plate and return the circle of baking parchment to the pan. Cook gently for a further 20 mins, then remove all the pheasant pieces from the pan to a plate and turn the heat up to reduce the sauce. Boil hard for a few min until reduced, then stir in the cream and mace and turn off the heat. Return the pheasant pieces to the sauce - the residual heat will warm it perfectly.
- Divide the pheasant between plates and spoon over the sauce. Garnish with the pickled apples and hazelnuts. Serve with our celeriac colcannon.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 874 calories, Fat 52 grams fat, SaturatedFat 17 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 16 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 15 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 66 grams protein, Sodium 2.2 milligram of sodium
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