Roast Young Grouse with Bread Sauce and Berries

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Classic Scots Cookery

By Catherine Brown

Published 2003

  • About

Though the grouse season begins on the Glorious Twelfth, they are at their peak in September, coinciding with tangy brambles and mountain blaeberries which make the perfect partnership.

Ingredients

  • 4 young, oven-ready grouse
  • 125 g (4 oz) butter, softened

Method

Preheat the oven to 450°F/230°C/Gas 8.

Preparing the Grouse

Rub the birds with butter then divide the remainder into four pieces and insert in the cavity of each bird. Add selection of herbs. Place in a roasting tin, cover with foil and lea