Name: Partridge with Juniper Berries
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: salt, freshly-ground black pepper and marjoram; ¼ pint rich chicken stock; 1 carrot, finely chopped; 6 tablespoons dry white wine; 1 beaten egg; fat salt pork; salt and freshly-ground black pepper; 4 tablespoons shredded bread; 2 partridges; 4 tablespoons melted butter; grated rind of ½ lemon; 4-6 juniper berries, crushed; 2 tablespoons finely-chopped ham; 1 small onion, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Great Dishes of the World

By Robert Carrier

Published 1963

About

Ingredients

2 partridges
4 tablespoons melted butter
salt and freshly-ground black pepper

Main course

Method

Clean partridges inside and out. Brush cavities with melted butter and season liberally with salt and pepper. Combine remaining melted butter, shredded bread, chopped ham, crushed juniper berries and grated lemon rind; season to taste with salt, pepper and marjoram; mix in beaten egg and stuff birds with this mixture.

Truss birds; wrap a thin piece of fat salt pork around each and