Faisan Saute Au Pomerol Recipe

Summary

Preparation Time10 MinCooking Time1 Hr 15 Min
Ready In1 Hr 25 MinDifficulty LevelMedium
Health IndexAverageServings4
CuisineCourse
MethodMain Ingredient
Interest Group

Ingredients

 Pheasants2
 Oil1 Tablespoon
 Butter1 Ounce
 Mushrooms1/4 Pound
 Red Wine Fried Croutes4 - fl oz/125 ml
 Brandy1 Tablespoon
 Few Sprigs of Parsley (for decoration)
 Oil1 Tablespoon (For Sauce)
 Pheasants - bones
 Mushroom1 (For Sauce)
 Shallots2 (For Sauce)
 Carrot1 (For Sauce)
 Celery - 1/2 stalk, diced
 Bouquet Garni
 Red wine3/4 Pint (For Sauce)
 Brown stock3/4 Pint (For Sauce)
 Arrowroot - 2 teaspoons, mixed with 2 tablespoons water
 Salt To Taste
 Pepper To Taste

Directions

GETTING READY
1. Chop pheasant into 4 pieces. Keep its carcasses, wim
gs and necks for later use.
2. Cut the reserved pieces coarsely.

MAKING
3. In a saucepan, heat oil on high flame for making the sauce. Brown bones thoroughly, stirring occasionally.
4. Saute mushrooms, shallots, carrot and celery untilo brown.
5. Further add bouquet garmi and cover the mixture with wine.
6. Simmer until the mixture becomes almost dry.
7. Add to it the leftover wine, stock, salt amnd pepper.
8. Simmer until the sauce reduces to half of the actual qauntity.
9. In a saute pan, heat oil and butter until foaming.
10. Add seasoned pieces of pheasant and brown them. Keep turning them time and again.
11. Trim the stems of mushrooms and add them to the sauce.
12. Add mushroom caps and red wine to pheasant.
13. Cover and cook over low flame until pheasant is soft. Keep stirring occasionally while cooking for about 25 minutes.
14. Mig big croutes to place a piece of pheasant.
15. After the pheasant is cooked, add brandy and heat.
16. Then, put pheasants and mushrooms on croutes over individual dishes.
17. In the saute pan, strain the sauce and boil to dissolve the pan juices properly.
18. Transfer the mixture in a saucepan and boil the sauce until it thickens.
19. Add arrowroot paste to make the sauce a little syrupy in consistency.
20. Add seasoning as per taste.

SERVING
21. Pour some sauce over pheasnt and serve the remaining sauce along side.
22. Garnish each piece of pheasant with parsley sprig before serving.
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