Recipe Details
Title Salmi of pheasant or partridge or guinea fowl with roast chestnuts
Author Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Portions 6
Created 16th February 2015 09:37 am
Weight (Per Portion)

One portion of this dish weighs approximately 538.00 Grams

Recipe Ingredients
Ingredient Quantity Allergen Warnings
Celery1 Unit
Carrots1 Large
Onions, raw1 Medium
Cream, fresh, double2 Teaspoon
Salt, table1 Pinch
Pepper, black1 Pinch
Pheasant, meat, raw2.4 Kilogram
Oil, sunflower2 Teaspoon
Bay leaf, dried1 Unit
Thyme, fresh10 Gram
Wine, white, dry250 Millilitre
Nuts, chestnuts200 Gram
Special Dietary Requirements Suitability
None!
Allergen Warnings
Nutritional Information (Per Portion)
Nutrition %GDA Range
Energy Kcal 663
Protein 191.50%
Other Carbohydrate 7.88%
Sugar 5.87%
Fat Saturated 29.25%
Fat Unsaturated 18.93%
Fiber 11.53%
Sodium 7.44%
Salt 7.22%
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Recipe Method
1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6. 2. Wipe a little oil over the breasts of the pheasants , or 3 partridges, or 3 guinea fowl, with giblets(ie neck, gizzard, heart and liver, washed and trimmed of any discoloured parts if necessary) if possible 3. Oil a roasting tin with a little more oil and shake the vegetables in the tin to oil. 4. Place the birds in the tin with the vegetables celery and carrot, cut into 8 pieces and add the giblets. 5. Place the tray in the oven and roast the birds for about half an hour until nicely browned. The juices between the drumstick and the breast should still run pink. The vegetables and giblets should also be nicely coloured. 6. Leave the birds to cool for a few minutes, then joint the birds. First, gently push the leg (ie drumstick and thigh) away from the body, exposing the end of the thigh bone where it meets the back of the bird. You should be able pull this portion clean away from the bird. The breast can then be sliced away from the carcass, as close as possible to the breast bone, in a portion that includes the wing. Skin all the portions and remove the last two joints of each wing, which have hardly any meat, but will go in the pot for the sauce. Set aside your portions (covered and in the fridge if the dish is for the next day) and get to work on the sauce. 7. Tear up the carcass of the bird with your fingers and break the bones by cracking with a rolling pin. Place the broken carcass with the skin, chopped neck and other giblets, the roasted vegetables from the pan, along with the bay leaf and thyme, into a suitable sized saucepan. For extra flavour, pour any excess oil out of the roasting pan, then deglaze it on a hot hob with half a glass of the wine. Pour the resulting gravy into the saucepan with the rest of the wine and just enough water to cover everything. Bring to the boil. 8. If you're preparing the dish for the next day you can cook your stock at a gentle simmer for up to two hours. If its for the same day, then boil the stock fairly rapidly for about half an hour. 9. While the stock is cooking, make little slits in the chestnuts with the point of a sharp knife. Roast them in a dry pan over a hob or in a roasting tin in the oven, shaking the pan/tray occasionally to turn the chestnuts. Cook until well-charred. Leave until cool enough to handle, but still hot, and peel with your fingernails, removing the (slightly furry) inner husk, as well as the shell. Try to keep them whole. The meat of the chestnuts should be browned, even slightly blackened in parts and completely tender to eat. 10. Strain the stock through a chinois or heavy sieve, pressing to extract maximum juices from the carcass pieces. Then strain the stock again, ideally through muslin or a cotton cloth. Taste your stock. If it has a good strong flavour of roast bird then you are ready to proceed and finish the sauce. If it's still a little insipid then you can intensify the flavour by further rapid boiling to evaporate water and reduce (ie concentrate) the stock. 11. Use some of the chestnuts to thicken the stock. 8-12 chestnuts, depending on size, will nicely thicken