Game Soup

• 1 lb 2 oz (550 g) green lentils
• 3

Rinse the lentils and put them into a saucepan with the water, onion, leek, thyme and bay leaf. Season with salt and cook for 1 hour or until the lentils are very soft. Drain, removing the bay leaf and reserving the cooking liquid.

Season the pheasant with salt and pepper, pour the melted butter over it and roast at gas mark 4,