Three Easy Sauces
Red wine and redcurrant reduction
Cider and pan juices with apple jelly
Black cherry and red wine reduction
Roasting old fashioned birds brings a wonderful sense of theatrics to the family dinner table it feels like a medieval feast, what’s more these birds are wild and taste how our food originally tasted before mass farming. Guinea fowl is said to tastes how chicken used to and is truly a magnificent roast, very fresh and very tasty juicy meat, the same went for both the partridge and pheasant they were divine. Simple to roast and on the table within 30-40 minutes.
Serve with a layered tray bake of Lyonnaise potatoes layered with caramelised onions and chicken stock.
Prep time 10 minutes / Cooking time 30-40 minutes
Lyonnaise potatoes 1 hour
Roasting Times
Or until thickest thigh juices run clear when pierced around 77-82 C / 180 F
Guinea Fowl 30-40 minutes
Pheasant 30-40 minutes
Partridge 20-25 minutes
My Guinea fowl (2kg) and pheasant took 40 minutes and the partridge took 25 minutes, timings will be on the lower times if smaller birds.
Ingredients
30ml olive oil (10ml each bird)
1 Guinea Fowl
1 Pheasant
1 Partridge
Sea salt and black pepper
Mirepoix Ingredients
2 carrots roughly chopped
2 onions not peeled and cut in quarters
1 rib celery roughly chopped
2 tbsp schmaltz (chicken fat)
4 sprigs fresh thyme
2 sage leaves
1 whole bulb garlic cut in half
6 juniper berries
6 black peppercorns
300ml water
Lyonnaise Potatoes
1 kg Yukon gold or Maris pipers thinly sliced
2 yellow onions finely sliced
3 sprigs thyme finely diced
100g grated Parmesan + 50g for finishing
50g butter melted
1 ltr chicken stock
Sea salt and black pepper
Lyonnaise Method
Pre heat oven 220C / 450F. Place the onions in a large pan with olive oil and butter and caramelise on a medium heat for 15 minutes, next get the Lyonnaise potatoes prepped and in the oven by placing all the sliced potatoes in a large mixing bowl, add the Parmesan, thyme, melted butter, caramelised onions and season to taste with salt and pepper, toss well and then layer in a deep roasting pan, pour in the chicken stock until level with the top layer of potatoes, sprinkle the reserved Parmesan over the top and place in the oven, turn the heat down to 200C / 400F and bake for 1 hour until fork tender. Meanwhile at 20 minutes in…
Method for the Birds
Rub the olive oil over the three birds and season with salt and pepper, in a large roasting tin add all the mirepoix ingredients and toss in the schmaltz then place the Guinea fowl and Pheasant on top, place in the oven, after 15 minutes place the partridge in to roast, once cooked remove from the oven and transfer to a warm plate, cover in foil and leave to rest while you make the sauces.
Serve the birds whole on a large platter or chopping board and the whole tray of Lyonnaise for every one to dig in at the table. I also serve broccoli and the creamy garlic (squeezed out of their skins) and carrots from the mirepoix.
Roasting Pan Sauces
Strain off all the cooking juices in to a jug and make a note of how many mls and divide by three, ie 600ml / 200ml for each sauce.
Red Wine Reduction
150ml red wine
4 tsp redcurrant jelly
1 tsp butter
Stock
Place the red wine in a pan and reduce by half, add the stock and reduce by one third, add the redcurrant jelly and butter, stir to combine, reduce further if needed then taste and season.
Cider and Apple Jelly
100ml cider
Stock
1 tbsp apple jelly
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 sprig thyme chopped
Place the cider and stock in a pan and reduce by one third, add the apple jelly, Dijon and thyme, reduce further if needed and season if needed.
Black Cherry Reduction
150ml red wine
2 tbsp black cherry jam
Stock
Place red wine in a pan and reduce by half, add the stock and reduce by one third, add in the black cherry jam, reduce further if needed.
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