| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Meats |
|
Sainsbury’s, Sainsbury8 |
4 |
servings |
INGREDIENTS
|
|
A brace of oven-ready pheasants |
| 450 |
ml |
Port; Madeira or |
|
|
; medium-dry sherry |
|
|
; (3/4pint) |
| 250 |
g |
Pig''s liver; finely chopped |
|
|
; (8oz) |
| 250 |
g |
Chicken; game or turkey |
|
|
; livers, thawed if |
|
|
; frozen and finely |
|
|
; chopped (8oz) |
| 30 |
g |
Dried porcini mushrooms; soaked in warm |
|
|
; water for about 30 |
|
|
; minutes, or 250g |
|
|
; (8oz) fresh field |
|
|
; or chestnut |
|
|
; mushrooms, chopped |
|
|
; (1 1/4oz) |
| 100 |
g |
Butter; (3 1/2 oz) |
|
|
Salt and pepper |
INSTRUCTIONS
Place the pheasants in a bowl and pour over the port, Madeira and sherry.
Cover and leave to marinate overnight.
Remove the pheasants from the marinade and reserve it. Mix together the
livers.
If using dried porcini mushrooms, drain, squeeze dry and chop them.
Add two-thirds of the porcini or half the fresh mushrooms to the liver
mixture.
Melt half the butter in a saucepan and fry the liver and mushroom mixture
for a few minutes or until the liver is just browned.
Leave to cool slightly, then use to stuff both the pheasants and sew them
closed.
Melt the remaining butter in a large, heavy-based saucepan and brown the
pheasants all over.
Pour over about a quarter of the reserved marinade and boil off the
alcohol, then cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add more alcohol and
cook for a further 10 minutes.
Repeat until all the alcohol has been used, then scatter the remaining
mushrooms around the birds and continue cooking for a further 20 minutes or
until thethigh is tender when pierced with a skewer. (It needs about 1
1/2 hours altogether)
To serve, reduce the cooking liquid slightly.
Meanwhile, season the pheasants, cut each in half and place on plates;
spoon out the stuffing and pour the reduced sauce over.
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