Best 6 Pheasant Colette En Croute Recipes

PHEASANT COLETTE EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Heat the canola oil over medium heat in a large saute pan. Season the pheasant with salt and pepper and coat with the softened butter. Brown all sides of the pheasant until golden brown and remove to a utility platter. To the same pan, add the onion and garlic and saute until the onion becomes translucent. Deglaze the pan with the Marsala wine and add bay leaves and parsley. Lower the heat and return the pheasant to the pan. (Wash and dry the utility platter and keep handy for the cooked pheasant.) Cover and simmer until the pheasant is tender and juices in the thigh run clear when pierced, about 35 minutes. Remove the pheasant to the utility platter and allow to rest until cool enough to handle.
• Strain the braising juices into another pot and skin off any excess fat. Add balsamic vinegar and brown sauce and cook over medium heat until thickened.
• Pull pheasant meat from the bones and cut into 1-inch pieces, discarding bones. Remove sauce from heat. In a bowl fold pheasant meat with enough sauce to coat. Do not feel obligated to use all of the sauce. The mixture should not be soupy.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Roll out the pastry dough and, using an appropriately sized cereal bowl or small mixing bowl as a template, cut 4 rounds 8-inches in diameter.
• Spoon the pheasant mixture evenly into 4 individual ovenproof 6-inch bowls (onion soup bowls are ideal for this), and brush the edges of the bowls with egg. Top each with a circle of pastry, draping the crust over the rim. Brush the tops of the pastry with the egg wash and bake until golden, about 12 to 15 minutes.

PHEASANT WITH CRANBERRY HONEY

Steps:

• Render bacon in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add pheasant parts and sear on all sides, then add red wine and onions. Sprinkle cracked pepper, bay leaves, tarragon, salt and mint over pheasant parts. Reduce heat to low and cover pot. Cook until tender and juices run clear (no longer pink), about 25 minutes. Remove pheasant carefully to a utility platter, cover and set aside to keep warm. Transfer liquids from pot to a heat resistant glass container (such as a 2 or 3 cup measuring vessel) and allow the layer of fat to rise to the top. Spoon or pour off most of the fat and return the rest of the juices, herbs, bacon and onions to the pot over medium heat. Add cranberries to the sauce and cook until the berries pop to make a rustic sauce. Remove from heat, discard bay leaves, and whisk in honey and sour cream.
• Arrange pheasant on serving dish, spoon sauce over, and garnish with mint.

BEEF AND BELL PEPPERS EN BROCHETTE

Steps:

• Rinse the meat to remove any unwanted smells and pat dry with paper toweling. Season the meat with Smokey Rotisserie Seasoning and rub in well. Cover with plastic and let sit for 25 minutes. Cut the meat into 1-inch cubes, then place the meat in a bowl and pour in 1/2 cup of the red wine (reserving the other 1/2 cup), and let marinate for a minimum of 2 hours or overnight, if possible refrigerated.
• Whisk together the remaining red wine, the Worcestershire sauce, and the olive oil to make a sauce.
• Place red bell peppers, yellow bell peppers and onions on skewer in this order: red pepper, beef, onion, beef, green pepper, beef, etc. (With 3 pounds meat you will probably have around 48 cubes of beef, so you can put 3 or 4 beef cubes per skewer.) Grill on all sides, brushing with sauce as it cooks. Let vegetables caramelize and lightly blacken beef, being careful not to burn.

SAUCISSON EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Beat the egg with the water and set aside.
• Cut the kielbasa into 8 (3-inch) long pieces and set aside.
• On a lightly floured surface roll the pastry sheets into 12 by 12-inch squares. Cut the sheets into 8 equal squares. Brush 1 square with water around the edges and wrap a sausage up in the pastry. (First fold the 2 long sides over the sausage, then fold the ends up and over. Press edges firmly to seal.) Place seam side down on a parchment-lined sheet pan.
• Brush the tops and sides of the packages with egg wash and bake until browned and shinny, about 25 minutes. Transfer to a rack and cool for 20 minutes, before serving. They can be served warm or at room temperature with assorted mustards.
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BLANQUETTE RIS D'AGNEAU EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Soak sweetbreads in bowl of cold water for 1 hour. Drain and place in fresh cold water in saucepan and bring slowly to boil. Drain and place in fresh bowl of water, then drain and remove skin. Slice in 1/2 and set aside.
• Meanwhile, heat oven to 400 degrees F. Paint bread with clarified butter and toast for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and lightly paint edges with egg white. Coat edges with most of parsley and keep warm.
• Melt butter in saucepan and add flour. Stir to form a roux and cook 1 minute over low heat. Add veal stock, increase heat and whisk until it boils. Season with salt and pepper and add bay leaves. Reduce to simmer and cook 5 minutes.
• Heat clarified butter in frying pan over medium heat. Add champignons and onions and fry gently for 2 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Remove from heat and add to sauce. Add sweetbreads and simmer 5 minutes.
• Combine 2 tablespoons cream with egg yolks. Add a little hot sauce to egg/cream mixture and return all to sauce, stirring carefully. Remove bay leaves and add remaining cream to sauce. To serve, fill croustades with sweetbread mixture and sprinkle with parsley and paprika.

STUFFED BREAST OF PHEASANT EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Season breast with salt and pepper.
• Sear well in a pan with butter and let cool.
• Mix Brie, shallots, garlic, tomato, onion, mushrooms and sage.
• Season to taste.
• Stuff ¼ of cheese mixture under the skin of each cooled breast.
• Wrap each with a slice of bacon.
• Wrap with puff pastry.
• Brush top with beaten egg.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes.