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Braised Pheasant
Preparation info
Difficulty
Medium
Appears in
The Cookery of England
Published 1975
An eighteenth-century Scottish recipe which is very simple but outstanding. Grouse were treated in the same way. The birds were intended to be served in the casserole in which they cooked, one for each person, with no accompaniments except bread. The chutney both sweetens and sharpens the sauce and improves the consistency.
Ingredients
Method
Peel and cut up the onions and brown lightly in the butter, being careful not to burn. Remove to the casserole, and brown the pheasant on all sides in the butter. Put on top of onions. Add chutney, wine, stock and seasoning. Closely cover and simmer 1 hour in the oven at 300° F., gas mark 2–3. Reduce heat if it bubbles fiercely. Take out, check seasoning and serve on a flat dish with gravy and