83 Pheasant Casseroled with Pig’s Trotters

Name: Pheasant Casseroled with Pig’s Trotters
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 hen pheasant weighing about 800 g (1 lb 12 oz); 1 litre (1¾ pints) water and 15 g (½ oz) coarse salt; salt and pepper; 1 bouquet garni including a sprig of tarragon; 2 large ripe tomatoes; 250 ml (scant ½ pint) of stock made by dissolving ½ chicken stock cube in 250 ml (scant ½ pint) of water; 1 clove garlic; 60 g (2 oz) shelled fresh, or frozen peas; salt and freshly-ground pepper; 8 miniature carrots, turnips, potatoes (made from 150 g (5¼ oz) of each vegetable); 7 tablespoons armagnac; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 12 white button mushrooms, peeled; 125 g (4½ oz) lean streaky bacon, cut in 5 slices, each one cut into 8 little ‘lardons’; 1 large cooked pig’s trotter; 12 small ‘grelot’ onions, peeled; 250 ml (scant ½ pint) red wine

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Cuisine Gourmande

By Michel Guérard

Published 1978

About

Navarin de faisan aux pieds de cochon ‘A strange and sophisticated combination’

Ingredients

Main ingredients

1 hen pheasant weighing about 800 g (1 lb 12 oz

Europe
France
Main course
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Preparing the pheasant and the pig’s trotter

Pluck, singe and draw the pheasant, if the game-dealer has not already done so. Place the bird on its back on the table, hold it firmly with your left hand and, with a large sharp knife, inserted into the cavity, cut through the bone along each side of the backbone and remove it completely