Name: Circassian Pheasant
Yield: Serves 2-3 people
Ingredients: ½ cup milk; 4 ounces white bread, crusts off (about 3-4 slices); salt and pepper; 6 allspice berries; 1 tablespoon walnut oil (olive oil will do); 6 cloves garlic; small bunch of parsley, chopped; 6 ounces chopped walnuts (about 1½ cups); 10 black peppercorns; 3 bay leaves; 2 pheasants; 1 leek, chopped; 1 onion, roughly sliced

Preparation info

Serves
2-3
people

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Game Cookbook

By Clarissa Dickson Wright and Johnny Scott

Published 2004

About

The Circassians are from the Caucasus which is the birthplace of the pheasant. Although this dish is usually made with chicken, it struck me that they had pheasant before they had chicken, and it works very well. This is a good dish for using up old cock birds; as I have been heard to say there is a lot of good in an old cock. If you prefer you can poach the pheasant for less time, carve it, and pour the sauce over the slices.