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How to cook pheasant
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How to cook pheasant

15 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

This pheasant with a flavourful mustard sauce is beautifully succulent and much less gamey than you might expect.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1195
Calories
56g
Protein
36g
Fat
156g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Lentil 1/2 cup cooked (99g) 115
Banana 1 medium (118g) 105
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Pheasant not in our table 0
Cider 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

  • 2 pheasants
  • 50g/2oz flour
  • salt
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • knob of butter
  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1½ banana shallots
  • 1 sprig thyme
  • 2 garlic
  • ½ glass of white wine
  • 4 tsp cider or white wine vinegar
  • 300ml/10fl oz chicken stock
  • 2 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 100ml/3½fl oz double cream
  • , cooked according to the packet instructions, to serve Puy lentils

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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