Hello, I am wondering if anyone has any great pheasant recipes? I have two phesants and am realy looking for a stunning recipe ! Any suggestions???? : :

Brown the pheasants in a heavy casserole with a little oil and butter then set aside, next brown off some baby onions, chunks of carrot and celery in the same pan, add a spoon of plain flour (helps thicken the gravy) and cook out, put the pheasants back in the casserole and add chicken/veg stock (they don't need to be covered but about 2/3 the way up the bird), a slug of port, a dollop of red current jelly, bay leaf, some thyme and salt and pepper, cook in the oven at about 150-170 oC for about an hour or till the birds are cooked, serve with the gravy and veg from the pan along with fresh crusty bread and butter.

This recipe isn't the most stylish (I like to call it rustic!) but i doesn't half taste good

Sorry not to exact with the weights/qty but i just kind off throw things in!

Season and brown the bird all over in a casserole. Add pealed shallots and brown them too. Pour off fat. Pour over a glass of Kingston Black apple aperitif, and a small glass of cognac.
Bring to the boil.
Lid on and in oven at 180 C for 30 min. Add diced Cox apple. Lid on, Temp 150 C for one hour.
Remove bird and rest. Sieve the juices into a pan, put the shallots and apple with the bird and now leave the bird to rest in foil.
Now add apple Jelly to thicken the juices for the sauce.
Carve Bird, serve en croute with the shallots and apple and the sauce.