I have a brace of pheasants

[TheSkiingGardener]

What shall I do with them?

Roast wrapped in bacon? Casserole?

Any other ideas?

It's not worth cooking them whole, just take the breasts off. I like them curried :)

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Lunch tomorrow, brace of pheasant. Roast wrapped in bacon, bread sauce and fried breadcrumbs smothered in gravy. Heaven.

Hmm. So when you roast them do you then just take the breasts off to eat. Is it better to take the breasts off befor or after cooking then?

Delias recipe braised in Madeira, yum.

Don't need to pluck or draw, just take off breasts and legs. Do this before cooking them.

Pheasant legs are tiny and very gamey, so most people like just the breast meat, but that can be dry. If you take off the breast meat and pan fry there is less chance of dry meat.
I have a ds who hates 'flat meat' and only wants to gnaw on bones so he gets the legs.

The carcass makes a great tasting game stock.

Will look up the Delia recipe. Thanks. The Madeira bit sounds lovely.

Will do either that or roast wrapped in bacon I think.

Zanz1bar when you say fried breadcrumbs do you actually mean that. Just dolloped on the plate?

Fried in butter, sprinkled over the whole plate of food, yum.

Roast and put fried bread under them to soak up the juices