Pheasant With Spaetzle Recipe
Ingredients
| 2 pheasant, cleaned and quartered | ||
| Boiling water | 2 Quart | |
| Chicken bouillon cubes | 4 | |
| All purpose flour | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Butter/Margarine | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Paprika | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Flour | 7 Tablespoon | |
| 1 cup Chablis | ||
| Dairy sour cream | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
Directions
Take necks, backs, giblets, etc., from pheasant and simmer in water, strengthened with chicken bouillon cubes.
Cook until stock is reduced to 1 1/2 quarts.
Flour remaining pieces of pheasant; saute in 1/2 cup butter until brown; set aside.
Melt remaining 1/2 cup butter in a large frying pan and add paprika.
Strain pheasant stock and add all but 1 cup to butter and paprika; bring to boiling.
Adding gradually, stir a blend of 1 cup cooled stock and the flour into boiling stock.
Cook and stir to 2 minutes.
Stir in the wine and cook gently 30 minutes.
Add browned pheasant; cover and cook until tender 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Remove pheasant.
Stir in sour cream, about a spoonful at a time.
Heat but do not boil.
Place pheasant in chafing or serving dish and spoon over some of the wine sauce.
Cook until stock is reduced to 1 1/2 quarts.
Flour remaining pieces of pheasant; saute in 1/2 cup butter until brown; set aside.
Melt remaining 1/2 cup butter in a large frying pan and add paprika.
Strain pheasant stock and add all but 1 cup to butter and paprika; bring to boiling.
Adding gradually, stir a blend of 1 cup cooled stock and the flour into boiling stock.
Cook and stir to 2 minutes.
Stir in the wine and cook gently 30 minutes.
Add browned pheasant; cover and cook until tender 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Remove pheasant.
Stir in sour cream, about a spoonful at a time.
Heat but do not boil.
Place pheasant in chafing or serving dish and spoon over some of the wine sauce.
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