Roast pheasant

[Cyres]

Last Saturdays pheasants hung in the garage for a week so dressed them Sat. The 2 fat ones went in the deep freeze and the smallest one I roasted for Sunday diner. Did it in a roasting bag for 45 mins at 200c. Rested for 20 mins covered in foil.
Absolutely lovely moist and good flavour.
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[Tim.243]

Last Saturdays pheasants hung in the garage for a week so dressed them Sat. The 2 fat ones went in the deep freeze and the smallest one I roasted for Sunday diner. Did it in a roasting bag for 45 mins at 200c. Rested for 20 mins covered in foil.
Absolutely lovely moist and good flavour.
D

Done a couple in the air fryer, put chopped onion in the cavity oil salt black pepper abt 18 mins breast side down for 10 then flip it right side up.

 

[Cyres]

That's going idea. Thinking about it should have left the bird in roasting bag to rest. Needed juices to make gravy. Simply should have cut corner off the bag. !
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[Nimrod1960]

Did twenty this week to make a stew for beaters day lunch.
My usual method is skin,gut then poach in stock (from previous birds) to just off pink. Strip meat , roast carcass inc drum sticks then make more stock. The meat is moist and can be eaten cold or goes into numerous different sauces, stews,curries.

As I had so many this time I also boned the thighs , minced them with some lamb skirt seasoning and sausage rusk to make spicy meatballs. Kept warm and with a sweet chilli dip, went well with sloe gin and fizz after the second drive.

Our shoot topography is tough to beat and I really enjoy providing some decent nosh to recognise the hard effort during the season.