Baked Pheasant With Apples And Hazelnuts

A fruity and delicious way to prepare your MacFarlane Pheasant!
Cook Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4 Servings

Ingredients
  

  • Canola Oil As needed
  • 2 Small Onions Quartered
  • 3 Stalks Celery Sliced 1 inch wide
  • 1 MacFarlane Pheasant 2.5 - 3 lbs, Cut into serving pieces
  • 2 Tart Apples Honey Crisp or Granny Smith
  • 1/2 Cup Pheasant Stock Or chicken stock
  • 1 Tbsp Honey
  • 2 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
  • Nutmeg
  • Salt To taste
  • Pepper To taste
  • 2 Tbsp Toasted Hazelnuts Chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Heat a medium non-stick skillet, add oil and fry the onionsand celery in a pan to brown lightly, spread evenly over the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish.
  • In the same pan, fry the pheasant, turning occasionally until skin is golden & crispy. 
  •  Place the pheasant on top of the onion and celery mixture and tuck the apple slices in and around pheasant. 
  • Mix the stock, honey and Worcestershire sauce and spoon over pheasant pieces.
  • Sprinkle with nutmeg, salt and pepper, cover and bake for 90 minutes or until tender. 
  • Sprinkle with nuts and serve.
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