Turkey, Beef or something else???

Cliecost

Chrishazle wrote: »

...Surprised no-one has mentioned partridge - one per person...

Where can one get Partridge?

gb61

rosie51 wrote: »

Only us two, so we decided on soup, fish and chips and a home made fruit pie with custard, washed down with a decent bottle of wine.
Daft but it will do for us.

LOVE IT.................. If it was just myself and hubby we would be having homemade curry nom nom,,,, but family are coming so bebeef and chicken for us.

Murphybear

Lidl now have their frozen geese. They cost £17.99 and serve 4-6.

Chrishazle

Cliecost wrote: »

Where can one get Partridge?

I buy them frozen at a local farm shop, or can order them fresh (and somewhat more expensive) from our village butcher.

Edit - just seen that Lidl now offer them in their deluxe range, £5.99 for 2 birds. Might give them a try!

Metarie

Cliecost wrote: »

BBC Goodfood recommend the Pheasant from Aldi. They say it is very tasty and the right size for two!

Well we have enough Nectar points to get all our food on that, but if we don't see anything there we fancy I will definitely look into the pheasant, thank you!

Chrishazle

If you decide to roast pheasant, lard it well with fat and cover it with streaky bacon for most of the cooking, otherwise it can be very dry. Also be aware there are a lot more sinewy bone type things in the legs than in a chicken.

I've seen on the Aldi website that they're doing partridge this year - personally, I'd go for that rather than phesant!

Cliecost

What would people say is the best way to cook partridge?

Chrishazle

Cover the bird with streaky bacon. Oven at 200C fan, 220C normal oven. Roast on a rack above your roast tatties for about 20 minutes, remove bacon (keep the bacon and serve it with the bird) and roast for about another 5 mins. Remove and keep warm (cover with tinfoil, place in hostess trolley, whatever you can), allow to rest for 5-10 mins before serving one per person. Helps if you have sharp pointy steak knives to dismember the bird at table, and a rubbish plate on the table.

The very hot oven also helps the roast tatties, a glass of suitable red helps the meal!