Pheasant recipes/suggestions?

looby-loo_2

withabix wrote: »

Round here you just drive around a bit until you knock the head off one

I'm told it's against the law to pick up something you hit with your car, but it's OK if you pick up something the car in front of you hit.;)
My cat dragged one up the drive last autumn and looked very miffed when I rescued it for the freezer

trying-very-trying

looby-loo wrote: »

I'm told it's against the law to pick up something you hit with your car, but it's OK if you pick up something the car in front of you hit.;)

Wonder if that's scots law or english?? Still I could just follow hubby up a country lane:rotfl:

withabix

looby-loo wrote: »

I'm told it's against the law to pick up something you hit with your car, but it's OK if you pick up something the car in front of you hit.;)
My cat dragged one up the drive last autumn and looked very miffed when I rescued it for the freezer

Prosecution rather unlikely however!!

Besides, if I knobbled a deer, you'd have to fight me for it if you were in the car behind me!

I drive a small 4x4 (need one for my job before you tree huggers start ) which has more ground clearance than your average car. Pheasants have this peculiar habbit of sticking their heads up to see where the noise is coming from......Voila one pheasant with a headache, rather than a badly bruised corpse - the normal outcome if you hit one in a car.

miss_corerupted

On wednesday next week i'm buying 4 phesants for £4!!! Bargain i think.

However i have never had phesant so i don't know what it tastes' like or what to do with it apart from roast like a chicken

Does anyone have any good ideas for me please??

Plum_Pie

Pheasant is very low in fat, so you'll need to wrap it in bacon or similar if you're roasting.

Debt_Free_Chick

Generally, the hen has more fat and can be roasted, but rub it with butter or smear butter between the skin and the breast.

The c0ck is leaner and tougher and better casseroled.

Having said that, I've roasted both and not found a huge difference - but I'm probably heavy with the butter baste

Enjoy - low in fat, tasty and free-range - can't get much better than that.

miss_corerupted

i'll know which is which as they still while have feathers and guts etc. I'm going to get a lesson in gutting and de feathering woohoo!!!

At this price it's cheaper than chicken

Pink.

Hi miss_corerupted,

There's an earlier thread with lots of ideas for cooking pheasant so I've added your thread to it to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

housemouse100

I had some pheasants a while ago and they made great stock after I had roasted them, I did a great pheasant risotto with the meat remains and the stock.

dori2o

Out on Bury Market today we bought some pheasant quaters (6 for £3.50) but neither I nor my wife have ever cooked them or ate them.

Is there any special preperation we need to do to them? What is the best way to cook them. Would prefer for them to stay as quaters, but any other methods would be great to hear.

Many thanks