POT-ROASTED PHEASANT

Pot-roasted pheasant image

A true autumnal treat, this pot roast works equally well with partridge, guinea fowl or chicken

Provided by Good Food team

Time 2h20m

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

2 pheasants, tied (ask your butcher to do this)
1 tbsp plain flour, well seasoned
50ml vegetable oil
2 rashers smoked streaky bacon, thinly sliced
8 shallots, peeled and left whole
2 carrots, peeled and quartered lengthways
2 parsnips, peeled and quartered lengthways
1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
1 thyme sprig
1 marjoram sprig
2 bay leaves
100ml marsala or sweet sherry
50ml red wine
200ml chicken stock
1 tsp caster sugar
bread sauce, to serve

Steps:

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Dust the pheasants with the flour, then heat the oil in a large flameproof dish. Brown the pheasants all over, then remove from the dish.
In the same dish, fry the bacon, vegetables, garlic and herbs with 1 tbsp of the dusting flour for 5 mins, until the vegetables start to colour. Put the pheasants and any resting juices back in the dish, pour on the Marsala, wine and stock, add the sugar, then cover and cook for 1 hr 30 mins - 1 hr 50 mins or until the leg meat easily comes away from the bone. Serve with bread sauce.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 565 calories, Fat 30 grams fat, SaturatedFat 7 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 19 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 12 grams sugar, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 45 grams protein, Sodium 0.95 milligram of sodium