Pheasant Breasts with Caramelised Apple, Bacon, and Mustard Mash

Name: Pheasant Breasts with Caramelised Apple, Bacon, and Mustard Mash
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves: 6
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground pepper; 3 small apples, sliced; 750 g floury potatoes, peeled and cubed; 2 tbsp fresh parsley; 3 tbsp whisky (more if it’s a Saturday night); 75 g smoked bacon lardons; 300 ml good quality chicken stock; 45 g butter; 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard; 6 shallots, peeled; 6 large pheasant breasts; 3 tbsp sour cream

Preparation info

Serves:
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

For the Love of the Land

By Jenny Jefferies

Published 2020

About

Between running a busy farm, and bringing up four young daughters, we don’t have a lot of time for cooking elaborate meals for the family. But we do try to eat as healthily as we can, and make the most of our natural surroundings: this dish is perfect for that! – Will Evans

Ingredients

45 g butter
6 large pheasant breasts
75 g smoked ba

Main course

Method

Pour yourself a large glass of wine, put some classic Springsteen on, and preheat the oven to 200°c or 180°c with fan. Chuck all that lovely butter (strictly no margarine allowed) into a non-stick frying pan and place over a high heat, until it’s bubbling nicely. Add the