Easy Roast Pheasant recipe

This pheasant has a really unusual stuffing that will instantly win over people who are unsure of game birds.

Ingredients:

• 1 oven-ready pheasant
• 250ml brandy
• 150ml single cream
• 250ml chicken stock
• 25g seedless grapes
• 80g cream cheese
• 40g butter
• 60g plain flour
• Salt and pepper

Method of Preparation:

1. Cut the grapes in half and mix them into the cream cheese. Season well to your tastes.

2. Preheat the oven to 180C.

3. Stuff the pheasant with this mixture.

4. Heat the butter in a large casserole dish and brown the pheasant on all sides. Put the casserole dish into the oven.

5. Cook it for twenty minutes and then pour the brandy over the bird. Cook for another hour and then remove from the oven, keeping the pheasant warm.

6. Pour the cooking juices, brandy, butter and all into a saucepan. Heat gently, add the flour and stir quickly to form a thick mixture. Gradually stir the chicken stock into this until you have a thick sauce and add the cream.

7. Serve the cream sauce poured over the pheasant.

This dish will serve two people as a main course and four people as a starter. You could serve this with some simple buttered new potatoes as the sauce is incredibly rich.

Author: Laura Young

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