Roast pheasant, parsnip hash, baby leeks and prunes

Ingredients

Game

  • 1 pheasant, oven-ready, thighs and drumsticks removed

Fruit & Vegetables

  • 1 bunch of baby leeks
  • 2 parsnips, peeled
  • 100g of onion, diced
  • 100g of celery, diced
  • 100g of carrots, diced
  • 1/2 orange, zested

Dairy

  • 2 knobs of salted butter
  • 150g of butter

Store Cupboard

  • 1 egg white
  • 8 pitted prunes
  • salt, to taste
  • pepper, to taste
  • 2l chicken stock
  • salt, to taste

Spices & Dried Herbs

  • 1 pinch of allspice
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 star anise
  • 5 allspice berries

Beverages

  • 200ml of Madeira
  • 150ml of red wine
  • 50ml of Marsala wine

Oils & Vinegars

  • vegetable oil, for frying

Fresh Meat

  • 4 pheasant carcasses, broken into pieces

Salad & Fresh Herbs

  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/4 bunch of thyme