With their light, crispy layers of buttery pastry, vol-au-vents are best eaten in the great outdoors. You can start from scratch with the cases but no one will judge you for using shop-bought ones (though sadly these often don’t come with the pastry ‘hats’). When taking these coronation pheasant vol-au-vents…
pheasant recipes
Roast pheasant warm winter salad with beetroot, blue cheese and walnuts
Roast pheasant warm winter salad with beetroot, blue cheese and walnuts Ingredients Beetroot 2 medium beetroot, cleaned but not peeled Dressing 2 tbsp sour cream 1 tbsp apple juice 40g blue cheese, crumbled 1 tbsp chives, finely chopped 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Pheasant 2 tbsp extra virgin olive…
January dinner party ideas for seasonal eating
A January dinner party with a gamey twist. Warm partridge salad with crispy Parma ham To begin. This warm partridge salad with crispy Parma ham by Philippa Davis has a surprise kick. The secret splash of vodka is guaranteed to get everyone in the spirit of things at a supper…
Spicy pheasant taquitos
This Mexican-inspired dish of fried flour tortillas stuffed with cooked pheasant, cheese, herbs and spice can be prepped in advance and cooked just before serving. Serves 8. (See our other make-ahead recipes here.) Spicy pheasant taquitos Ingredients 2 tbsp cold-pressed rape or olive oil 4 skinless pheasant breasts, sinews removed…
Hungarian-style savoury pancakes
These meaty, savoury pancakes are perfect if you are craving comfort food on a cold, dark, wintry day. Serves 2. Ingredients Pancakes 100g plain flour 1 free-range egg 250ml whole milk 1 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil plus extra for frying Filling 1 onion, peeled and finely sliced 2 cloves…
Pot roast pheasant recipe with fennel
Pot roast pheasant can be delicious. Fennel is not to everyone's taste, but it melts into a buttery stickiness when cooked in this recipe. Try it.
Recipes for slow-cooking game: pheasant, venison, partridge, lamb
Slow-cooking offers many advantages to the time-pressed cook and much of the game and venison we enjoy is perfect for a leisurely simmer in the oven over a few hours. A long, low temperature cooking time will result in meat that is tender and ‘fall-apart’ soft. Flavours can blend over…
Tarragon pheasant, mushroom and leek cobbler with yoghurt and cheese scones
Tarragon pheasant, mushroom and leek cobbler with yoghurt and cheese scones Ingredients 4 tbsp olive oil 4 tbsp salted butter 8 skinless pheasant breasts, cut into bite-sized chunks 4 medium leeks, sliced into 2cm-thick circles 350g chestnut mushrooms, chopped into bite-sized pieces 2 tbsp plain flour 20g tarragon leaves, finely…
Pheasant massaman curry
Pheasant massaman curry Curry paste 1 tbsp cumin seeds 1 tbsp coriander seeds 5 cloves 1 tbsp ground cinnamon 1 tbsp ground cardamom seeds ½ tsp chilli flakes 150g peeled shallots, roughly chopped 4 cloves of garlic, peeled 1 stick of lemongrass, peeled and roughly chopped 20g peeled galangal or…
Hot smoked pheasant with celeriac rémoulade, quince mustard and apple dressing
Recipe for hot smoked pheasant You will need 1 large roasting tin 1 medium wire rack (to sit flat inside the tin) 1 handful fine smoking woodchip, such as apple wood Ingredients Pheasant 4 pheasant breasts, skin on or off 150ml milk 1 tsp salt 2 tsp sugar Rémoulade 1/2…









