Roast pheasant with ricotta & Parma ham
- Sara Buenfeld
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Serves 6
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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 1 hr
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For a really special Sunday lunch pheasant is a good choice. The parma ham crisps us beautifully in the oven and gives the pheasant an eye-catching edge
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Ingredients
Nutrition
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90g pack Parma ham
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140g ricotta
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1 tbsp thyme leaf
plus some sprigs
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3 tbsp freshly grated parmesan
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2 oven-ready pheasants
washed and dried
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150ml extra-dry vermouth
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olive oil
for drizzling
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Nutrition: per serving
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kcal336
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fat16g
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saturates6g
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carbs2g
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sugars1g
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fibre0g
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protein40g
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salt1.13g
low
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Method
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step 1
Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Separate the layers of Parma ham and chop two slices finely. Mix the ricotta, chopped ham, thyme and Parmesan with some seasoning.
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step 2
Carefully ease the skin away from the breast meat of each pheasant and use half the stuffing per bird, pressing it to the contours of the breasts through the skin. This protects the meat from the heat and will stop it drying out. Poke some sprigs of thyme into the body cavity to add flavour.
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step 3
Put the pheasants in a roasting tin and top each one with the remaining ham. Season with pepper, then pour over the vermouth and drizzle with oil.
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step 4
Roast for 20 mins, then turn down the heat to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and cook for 40 mins more, basting every now and then with the pan juices until the legs are no longer pink. Cover with foil and a tea towel and leave to stand for 10 mins before carving. Serve with wilted spinach and potatoes prepared however you like them.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2007
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