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This is a simple recipe for pheasant. Nonetheless it is quite delicious. Preparation Time: 15 Mins Cooking Time: 65 Mins Total Time: 80 Mins Ingredients For 3 servings… ½ Lemon - sliced 3 rashers Bacon - streaky, smoked 1 Pheasant 1 Onion - quartered 6 Cloves 1 Bay leaf Pepper Salt 10 cl Wine - dry white 10 cl Stock 4 Carrots - sliced 4 sticks Celery - sliced 2 tbs Cornflour Method Place the lemon and bacon on the breast of the pheasant and secure with string. Put the pheasant in a flameproof casserole only a little larger than the bird and add the onion, cloves, bay leaf, seasonings, wine and stock. Bring up to the boil, cover and cook in a moderate oven at 180°C for 30 minutes. Baste the pheasant and add the carrots and celery. Replace the lid and return to the oven for a further 30 minutes. Discard the onion, cloves and bay leaf, place the pheasant on a serving dish surrounded with the carrots and celery and keep warm. Thicken the juices with cornflour blended in a little cold water and bring back to the boil. Adjust seasonings and serve the sauce with the pheasant. Variations The recipe can be employed to cook partridges. Wine recommendations A Bordeaux-style wine. Conventional Claret Interesting Bourgueil Chinon Côtes de Bourg Irouleguy Saumur-Champigny
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