Name: Roast Partridge Stuffed with Cotechino
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 100 ml (3½ oz) red wine; 40 g (1½ oz) spelt or pearl barley, soaked for an hour in cold water, cooked for about 20 minutes in salted water until tender, then drained; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 tsp thyme leaves; 1 small carrot, finely chopped; good knob of butter; salt and freshly ground black pepper; olive oil, for basting; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 120 g (4 oz) cotechino sausage; 250 ml (9 fl oz) chicken stock; 40 g (1½ oz) fresh white breadcrumbs; 4 partridges

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Simple Art of Marrying Food and Wine

By Malcolm Gluck and Mark Hix

Published 2005

About

COTECHINO IS A LARGE COARSE ITALIAN PORK SAUSAGE FLAVOURED WITH CLOVES AND CINNAMON. Available from delis, it’s a speciality of northern Italy, traditionally served with lentils. It makes a good stuffing for game such as partridge, pigeon or wild duck. If you can’t find it, you could use a traditional bread stuffing.

Ingredients

120 g (4 oz) cotechino sausage
250 ml (9

Method

Preheat the oven to 230°C/450°F/Gas mark 8. If the cotechino has any jelly on it, remove and add to the stock. Crumble up the sausage meat and mix it with the breadcrumbs. Remove any livers from the birds, chop them and mix with the stuffing. Fill the cavities of t

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