Roast Pheasant

For this recipe, young pheasants are suitable, as older ones are only good for soup or stew.

Details

  • Preparation Time: 10 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 50 minutes
  • Difficulty: 2
  • Spiciness: 0
  • Number of Servings: 2

Ingredients

  • 500 g Game meat, pheasant

  • 5 spoon Butter, unsalted

  • 10 slice Meat, pork, smoked bacon

  • 1 teaspoon Salt, table

  • 1 pinch Spices, pepper, black

  • 3 twigs Parsley, fresh

  • 20 g Butter, unsalted

Steps

  1. Rinse the pheasant under running water and dry it with a paper towel. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and grease the baking dish. Rub the meat with salt and pepper, cover it with bacon slices, and tie it up. Then place the pheasant in the preheated oven and roast for 50 minutes. During roasting, baste the meat several times with its own juices and brush it with butter using a cooking brush.

  2. Before the end of roasting, remove the bacon, brush the pheasant with butter, and roast a little longer until the pheasant turns golden. Place the roasted pheasant on a work surface. Rinse the parsley and chop it finely. Sprinkle the parsley over the pheasant, then serve it whole or carve the meat and serve it on plates.

Nutrition Information (Per 100g)

  • Calories: 268.54 kcal
  • Fat: 20.66 g
    • Saturated Fat: 8.76 g
  • Carbohydrates: 0 g
    • Sugars: 0 g
  • Protein: 18.15 g
  • Fiber: 0 g

Advice

You can also place lemon slices on the pheasant and roast it that way. For meat lovers and hunters, pheasant is the king of poultry. Connoisseurs say that pheasant meat is the most delicious and suitable for preparing various dishes. 100 g of pheasant meat contains 104 calories and 2 g of fat. When roasting, it is recommended to cover the meat with slices of bacon, secured with toothpicks.