{"id":801,"date":"2020-09-22T11:05:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westbrookcookers.com\/?p=801"},"modified":"2022-03-31T10:18:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T10:18:52","slug":"roasted-pheasant-and-all-the-trimmings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westbrookcookers.com\/?p=801","title":{"rendered":"Roasted pheasant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Roasted Pheasant on your ElectricKit Aga<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westbrookcookers.com\/electric-conversions\/\">https:\/\/westbrookcookers.com\/electric-conversions\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO SERVE ROASTED PHEASANT YOU WILL NEED &#8211; <\/strong>2 pheasants (about 800-900g each), oven-ready, preferably hen pheasants<\/p>\n<p>50ml rapeseed oil (or other non-scented oil)<\/p>\n<p>20g unsalted butter (optional)<\/p>\n<p>Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO MAKE A PHEASANT SAUCE YOU WILL NEED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>100ml red wine<\/p>\n<p>50ml ruby port<\/p>\n<p>2 crushed juniper berries<\/p>\n<p>1 sprigS fresh thyme<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>TO MAKE BREAD SAUCE YOU WILL NEED<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10g\/\u00bcoz unsalted butter<\/p>\n<p>50g\/1\u00beoz white onion, finely chopped<\/p>\n<p>1 bay leaf<\/p>\n<p>1 sprig fresh thyme<\/p>\n<p>2 cloves, crushed<\/p>\n<p>2 pinches salt<\/p>\n<p>10g\/\u00bcoz small bacon lardons<\/p>\n<p>150ml\/5fl oz full-fat milk<\/p>\n<p>1 slice white bread, broken into pieces<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Here is what you do<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the roasted pheasant, use the AGA Roasting Oven preheated to 190 degrees on your ElectricKit Aga<\/p>\n<p>On a medium heat, in a ovenproof frying pan, heat the rapeseed oil and butter (if using) until foaming.<\/p>\n<p>Lay the pheasants in the pan, cook until golden-brown in colour (about 3-5 minutes) on the leg sides. Turn the pheasants onto their breast side to colour for a further 2-3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper; transfer to the oven and cook for 30 minutes, turning halfway through cooking time. To check the pheasant is correctly cooked, you can use a meat thermometer \u2013 the breast temperature for a cock pheasant should reach 63C\/145F and for a hen 60C\/140F. (The leg temperature should reach 80-82C\/175-180F.)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>When cooked, set the pheasant aside in a warm place, covered, to rest.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Spoon out the fat from the pan and add the wine, port, juniper and thyme into the roasting pan. On a high heat quickly cook until the volume of liquid has reduced by one third. Scrape the caramelised juices off the bottom of the pan to make the sauce. Taste and season if necessary. Strain and reserve in a warmed jug.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>How to make a bread sauce for your Roasted Pheasant on your ElectricKit Aga<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Turn your Simmering plate to no 5 and in a small saucepan gently heat the butter and fry the onion with the herbs, crushed cloves and salt for two minutes, or until soft. Add the bacon lardons and continue to cook uncovered for one minute.<\/p>\n<p>Add the milk, bring to a simmer and stir in the pieces of bread until the sauce is smooth. Taste and adjust the seasoning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To serve, carve the pheasant and serve it over a mound of bread sauce with the jus poured over.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roasted Pheasant on your ElectricKit Aga &nbsp; https:\/\/westbrookcookers.com\/electric-conversions\/ &nbsp; TO SERVE ROASTED PHEASANT YOU WILL NEED - 2 pheasants (about","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,26,19],"tags":[209,51,143,142,144],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Roasted pheasant | Westbrook Cookers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Roasted Pheasant on your ElectricKit Aga &nbsp; https:\/\/westbrookcookers.com\/electric-conversions\/ &nbsp; TO SERVE ROASTED PHEASANT YOU WILL NEED - 2 Roasted Pheasant - ElectricKit Aga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westbrookcookers.com\/?p=801\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Roasted pheasant | Westbrook Cookers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Roasted Pheasant on your ElectricKit Aga &nbsp; 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