Potted Game
Living outside in a free-range environment for their entire life, pheasants (like all game) are naturally lean. The combination of cider, garlic and organic chicken broth all make this dish incredibly delicious.
Potted Game
Living outside in a free-range environment for their entire life, pheasants (like all game) are naturally lean. The combination of cider, garlic and organic chicken broth all make this dish incredibly delicious.
- Serves: 4
- Prepare: 30 Minutes
- Cook: 1 Hour
- Difficulty: medium
WHO ARE THE ORGANIC BUTCHERY?
Starting life as an organic farm in the heart of the West Country, The Organic Butchery is proudly founded on a long history of organic principles. We source the best quality organic grass-fed and wild meats, sustainable fish and organic free-range poultry from trusted local suppliers and like-minded brands to guarantee the highest standards of animal welfare and environmental stewardship. Our mission is to approach butchery with a whole-carcass perspective, to make the most of every animal that crosses our blocks, which means we offer you cuts that you will never see on the supermarket shelves.
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE GAME?
It’s no secret that despite living a free-range life, game is reared primarily for sport. In the west country, we are surrounded by estates that do this and so manage the eco systems that support a bounty of flora and fauna in the area. Our game is harvested by people licensed to do so and only during ‘designated’ seasons.
Ingredients
- 1 white onion, peeled and chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
- 600ml medium cider
- 500ml organic chicken bone broth
- A sprig of thyme
- 500g minced pheasant meat
- 150g minced organic bacon
- 2 points of star anise
- 6 peppercorns
- 1/23 tsp ground mace
- 50g goose fat
- oil for cooking
- 2 bay leaves
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
- Preheat the oven to 120°C
- Put the onion, garlic, cider and organic chicken bone broth into a pan. Add the thyme and bring to boil, boil for 15 minutes, until the liquid reduces to become syrup-like. Set the pan aside to cool and remove the thyme
- Put the minced pheasant and bacon into a large bowl. Crush the star anise and peppercorns with a pestle and mortar (or blitz in a food processor) mix with the mace and ½ tsp of salt. Add to the minced meat, then add the goose fat. Mix in the reduced liquid from the pan, season to taste with salt and pepper
- Divide the mix between two sterilised ovenproof preserving jars and place a bay leaf on top of each. Place the jars, with the lids open in a roasting tray and pour enough hot water into the tray to come up the side of the jars by 3cm. Place the roasting tray into the preheated oven for 1 ½ hours
- Once cooked, remove the jars from the water bath and close the lid whilst still hot, this will create a vacuum as the jar cools
- When the jars have cooled completely keep in the fridge. These will keep in the fridge unopened for two weeks, once opened used within 2 days
WHO ARE THE ORGANIC BUTCHERY?
Starting life as an organic farm in the heart of the West Country, The Organic Butchery is proudly founded on a long history of organic principles. We source the best quality organic grass-fed and wild meats, sustainable fish and organic free-range poultry from trusted local suppliers and like-minded brands to guarantee the highest standards of animal welfare and environmental stewardship. Our mission is to approach butchery with a whole-carcass perspective, to make the most of every animal that crosses our blocks, which means we offer you cuts that you will never see on the supermarket shelves.
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE GAME?
It’s no secret that despite living a free-range life, game is reared primarily for sport. In the west country, we are surrounded by estates that do this and so manage the eco systems that support a bounty of flora and fauna in the area. Our game is harvested by people licensed to do so and only during ‘designated’ seasons.
Frequently asked questions
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Typically, game meat is the flesh of land mammals or birds, that are hunted for food instead of being raised on a farm. Game meat includes, ‘small birds’ such as quail, ‘winged game’ such as woodcock, grouse or partridge, ‘ground game’ such as rabbit or hare and ‘large game’ such as venison.
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Most game is only available during the autumn and winter, during the shooting season, this is followed by the ‘closed season’ when shooting is no longer allowed, this is essential for protecting animals when they are breeding and rearing their young. However, some game does not have a ‘closed season’, these game meats include rabbit and pigeon. At Coombe Farm Organic we freeze our game meat, making it available to you the consumer all year round.
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Game meat is one of the healthiest meats available, it is very low in fat and cholesterol, generally higher in protein, and very lean as wild game are able to walk and roam freely, therefore not storing much fat.