Add the sprig of rosemary and lay the bag flat.
Cooking pheasant breast.
Butter the pheasant breasts and then wrap in the bacon.
Braising consists of searing the breast to brown it then simmering it until fully cooked.
Remove the legs and braise slowly in stews then serve with mashed potatoes or root vegetables.
Pour 4 tablespoons 59 ml of the extra virgin olive oil into a skillet and turn the burner to medium high.
Cooking pheasant breast step 1.
Sear the pheasants over medium high heat for 4 minutes.
Zip it almost shut and poke the straw into one corner.
This will also add moisture.
Once the oil shimmers lower 1 of the pheasants cut into quarters or 3 of the pheasant breasts.
When the breasts are cooked reduce the cooking liquid to thicken it and finish it up with a swirl of cream.
Suck out the air then zip it completely shut.
Pheasant breasts have little fat so it s important to keep them well basted when roasting and rest.
Make sure your oven is preheated and they should be ready in about 20 minutes.
The traditional method of larding is to wrap pheasant in bacon or pancetta if you are looking for something more italian.
Place in an ovenproof dish so that they aren t too cramped together and then pop in the oven for 25.
Cook them for 2 minutes and flip them over.
Marinade the breasts in the oil and pepper and slide them into the bag.
Another method of larding is to simply baste your game bird with oil based sauces or marinades.
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Brine your pheasant place the pheasant breast in a mixture of water and kosher salt and brine in a covered bowl in the refrigerator for at least two hours prior to cooking.
Pheasant breast cooked to perfection rub some olive oil on the pheasant breasts add salt pepper and garlic and bake them at 350 degrees.
Preheat the oven to 200c 400f gas 6.
When you remove these perfectly cooked breasts from the oven drizzle a bit of balsamic vinegar reduction on top.
As the bacon cooks it releases fat which keeps the meat of the pheasant basted.
Deep poaching on the other hand surrounds the breast in a low temperature cooking medium liquid until the pheasant breast barely cooks through eliminating the risk of drying or overcooking.
