Pheasant

Younger pheasants roast perfectly if you are careful to rub butter into the skin and wrap them in fat bacon and begin the roasting by covering them loosely in foil.

The Delia Online Cookery School: Make sure your knives are nice and sharp when carving pheasant. Find out how to keep them at their best in our video, just click the image to play.

Braised Pheasants

Because older birds are not tender enough to be roasted, they are excellent slowly braised and tenderised i...

Because older birds are not tender enough to be roasted, they are excellent slowly braised and tenderised in a beautiful sauce. The advantage of a little age is, of...

Goose (Pheasant or Duck) Giblet Stock

It is perfectly all right to use duck or pheasant giblets instead of goose giblets in this recipe, although...

It is perfectly all right to use duck or pheasant giblets instead of goose giblets in this recipe, although you will only need 1 pint (570 ml) water if you do. The ...

1 hour 30 minutes - 2 hours

to cook

Pheasant Roasted in Butter Muslin

If you want to roast pheasants that are guaranteed to be moist and tender, then this is the best way I've c...

If you want to roast pheasants that are guaranteed to be moist and tender, then this is the best way I've come across. Do remember, though, to check with your suppl...

1 hour - 1 hour 30 minutes

to cook

Poached Pheasant with Celery

Celery has a wonderful affinity with poultry and game and the two have often appeared together in English r...

Celery has a wonderful affinity with poultry and game and the two have often appeared together in English recipes over the centuries. This recipe is what I would ca...

Pot-Roast of Pheasant with Shallots and Apples

This is a superb way to cook pheasants and would make an excellent alternative Christmas lunch for four peo...

This is a superb way to cook pheasants and would make an excellent alternative Christmas lunch for four people. The pheasants are first browned and flamed in Calvad...

1 hour - 1 hour 15 minutes

to cook

Pot-roasted Pheasant with Port and Chestnuts

This recipe makes an excellent change from turkey (if there are not too many of you for Christmas lunch). ...

This recipe makes an excellent change from turkey (if there are not too many of you for Christmas lunch). It is certainly easier and quicker to prepare, and it has ...

1 hour

to cook

Pot-roasted Pheasants in Madeira

In the original recipe a brace of pheasants were cut up into portions, but that is quite a bit of work. ...

In the original recipe a brace of pheasants were cut up into portions, but that is quite a bit of work. So we've found it easier this time to cook the pheasants who...

Roast Pheasant with Chestnut Stuffing

Those of us who lament the loss of real free-range flavour need look no further than pheasant, one of the f...

Those of us who lament the loss of real free-range flavour need look no further than pheasant, one of the finest flavoured game birds. Chestnuts, which have a great...

1 hour 15 minutes

to cook