Cooking Pheasant

[burnie]

Any one got a method of cooking a pheasant with out stinking the whole house(my oh is vegetarian and I don't want to gas her),it will probably be the only time I will cook indoors and it's too cold and wet to try the barbeque.

[nick the grief]

How about a nice Stew Burnie with some Red wine, carrots, red wine, onions, red wine etc, etc. Then wash it all down with a nice glass of Red Wine

Seriously, I assume you like your Pheasants well hung do you (if you'll pardon the phrase - I bet LJ is out looking for Pheasants as we speak) hence the smell.

Somewhere I've got a recipe for Pidgeon in red wine & I don't see why you couldn't use Pheasant instead.

[madderbat]

Pheasants! Pooh!

The only time I ever cooked pheasant somone gave me a 'well hung' one for Christmas about 15 years ago.
I cooked it on Christmas Eve as I'd already shopped for the day. It made such a stink in the oven that having cooked it I was very nearly physically sick, and threw it in the shrubbery for the foxes!
Never again.
Sorry to be pessimistic, but pheasant, in my experience is something you have either done all your life or should never attempt.

[sewer rat]

Tipsy Pheasant
1 Pheasant, barded with bacon
Melted butter as required
salt / pepper to taste
Claret as required

Place pheasant on rack in baking tin and brush all over with melted butter.Season with S & P. Bake in centre of moderate oven (180 c or Gas Mk 4) for about 40 mins until tender
Cover bottom of baking tin with claret . When hot, baste bird well with the wine. Continue to roast until cooked to taste (35 mins should do it), basting frequently with the Claret .
Serve with claret gravy

[Lesley Jay]

Nick I will not be going out looking for pheasant. I have a brace in the freezer but now I know what to do with them (cooking wise!).

Rat do they need any foil on for protection? I know they have bacon on.

[sewer rat]

LJ
No foil required - if you put a silver jacket on it, how can you possibly soak it in all that wine !

[Mrs Dobby]

Nick I will not be going out looking for pheasant. I have a brace in the freezer but now I know what to do with them (cooking wise!).

Rat do they need any foil on for protection? I know they have bacon on.

You have a brace in the freezer LJ? Do you need a hand in eating them then LJ??

[Lesley Jay]

Rat I was thinking more of their little legs needing some foil on. Do you remove the bacon before you start basting with the wine?

[sewer rat]

No silver legs required either !!

[Lesley Jay]

Right then Rat here's hoping that they taste nice!

[mazel-bee]

Soak the pheasant over night in water with garlic and cook it in white wine. It is a lot less stinky. It does make the meat a little more mild though.

[burnie]

Soak the pheasant over night in water with garlic and cook it in white wine. It is a lot less stinky. It does make the meat a little more mild though.

Thanks, that looks like the one for me( I take it you casserole it in the wine).

[nick the grief]

Thanks, that looks like the one for me( I take it you casserole it in the wine).

.......after two bowls of gravy who cares

[mazel-bee]

Good luck. Let us Know how it goes. Yes I did mean in a casserole.