Pheasant rillette is a rich, tasty appetiser or lunch. Real make-ahead party food for christmas – serve it on toasted sourdough bread or ryebread!
Ingredients:
- 1 pheasant (get your butcher to rinse it for you and remove head and feets)
- 500g duck or goose fat
- 1 red onion, peeled and sliced
- 3 cloves of garlic, sliced
- 10 dried juniper berries
- 2 tbsp dried thyme
- 1 tbsp. yellow mustard seeds
- 2 bay leaves (optional)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 200ml apple juice or christmas beer
- 3 tbsp. apple balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp. salt
Instructions:
- Pad the pheasant with paper towel to remove excess liquid.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the duck fat in a caserolle (just big enough to fit the pheasant).
- Brown the pheasant over high heat for 4 minutes on each side untill golden all over. Add the onions, garlic and spices, fry for further 5 minutes.
- Pour over the apple juice and vinegar. Turn the heat down to low and let it simmer for 2½-3 hours (flip it over, every now and then if the fat doesn’t cover the whole pheasant).
- Pick the meat of the bones (get rid of all bones and tendons) and stir it with a little of the cooking fat and what is left of the onions and spices in the bottom of the casserolle.
- Add salt, pepper and vinegar to taste and fill it into a sealed jar. Pour over a little extra cooking fat to cover the surface.
- Let it solidify in the fridge for a few hours before serving.
Pheasant rillette • Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 pheasant (get your butcher to rinse it for you and remove head and feets)
- 500g duck or goose fat
- 1 red onion, peeled and sliced
- 3 cloves of garlic, sliced
- 10 dried juniper berries
- 2 tbsp dried thyme
- 1 tbsp. yellow mustard seeds
- 2 bay leaves (optional)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 200ml apple juice or christmas beer
- 3 tbsp. apple balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp. salt
Pheasant rillette Nutrition Facts:
• Diet: Low-Carb
• Calories: 274.49
• Fat: 539.48
• Carbs: 16.33
• Protein: 91.62
• Cholesterol: 254.47
• Calcium: 41.74
• Sodium: 127.97* E.g. 137.29 = 137mg or 137g – 29%
Nutrition Facts labels are not always factual.