Roast Partridge with Green Cabbage

Name: Roast Partridge with Green Cabbage (Perdreau rôti en cocotte au chou vert)
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 young partridge, freshly shot; 4 thin slices of pork fat, for barding; 100 g (3½ oz) streaky bacon, in a piece, with rind; 2 green Savoy cabbages; 200 g (7 oz) butter; 1 carrot, coarsely sliced; 1 onion, quartered; 2 cloves of garlic, peeled; 2 shallots, peeled; a sprig of thyme; a bay leaf; 100 ml (4 fl. oz) white wine; a little chicken stock or water; a little chicken stock or water; salt, freshly ground pepper; salt, freshly ground pepper