Terrine de Gibier

Game Terrine

Preparation info
  • Serves

    12

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Anne Willan

Published 1981

  • About

Game terrine is a speciality of Périgord and almost any kind of game can be used in this recipe - partridge, hare, venison, wild duck, rabbit, or the pheasant that is suggested.

Ingredients

1-kg pheasant, with its liver<

Method

Cut the meat from the pheasant, discarding the skin and keeping the breast and leg meat in pieces as neat as possible; cut in thin strips. Cut the veal escalope and ham in thin strips also. Put the strips on a plate, add the cognac, cover and leave to marinate for at least 1 and up to 8 hours in the refrigerator.

Line the terrine with barding fat, reserving a few slices for the top. Set