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Roast pheasant with braised chicory, quince purée, caramelised walnuts and wild mushrooms
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Roast pheasant with braised chicory, quince purée, caramelised walnuts and wild mushrooms

29 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

This heartily autumnal roast pheasant supper will make you yearn for even more cold nights.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

582
Calories
39g
Protein
35g
Fat
31g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Quince not in our table 0
Chicory not in our table 0
Pheasant not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 110g/4oz sugar
  • 500ml/18fl oz water
  • 40g/1½oz butter
  • ½ lemon, juice only
  • 500g/1lb 2oz quince
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • vegetable oil
  • 100g/3½oz caster sugar
  • 100ml/3½fl oz water
  • handful walnuts
  • flakes (preferably Cornish sea saltsea salt
  • 1 large onion
  • 15g/½oz salt
  • 70g/2¾oz butter
  • 1 litre/1¾ pints water
  • pinch chicken bouillon powder (or pinch chicken stock
  • 20g/¾oz sugar
  • 1 bouquet garni
  • 4 large chicory
  • 110g/4oz finely sliced smoked bacon
  • 50g/2oz garlicgarlic
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 x 175g/6oz pheasants
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1-2 tbsp oil
  • 110g/4oz unsalted butter
  • 200g/7oz wild mushrooms
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
  • 2-3 tbsp water, as necessary

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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