Missy’s 12 glorious tips for cooking grouse There’s no need to hang grouse, as it already has the perfect game flavour The further into the season you get, the gamier the birds will be For older grouse slow pot roasts and casseroles work best It is important to clean the…
Grouse recipes
This grouse pate is an excellent way of cooking with older birds
We’ve researched a variety of grouse recipes here for you to serve up this gamebird in a variety of delicious ways.
Whether you’re an experienced game cook or it’s all new to you, you’ll find a recipe here to suit your skill. Recipes for quick suppers, winter lunches, using grouse from the freezer, the supermarket or down from the moor. You’ll enjoy browsing through this list of recipes contributed by game chefs and our readers.
If you’re wondering how to prepare your birds, then look at our easy to follow videos here.
Healthy and free-range
Grouse is an extremely healthy food choice. It’s low in fat and cholesterol and contains no added substances (so it’s organic and free-range).
There’s no need to hang young birds, they can be cooked as soon as they are brought into the kitchen from the moor.
Recipes that make the most of flavour
Early in the season you’ll be looking for recipes that make the most of the flavour and succulence of young grouse. This is the perfect time to keep things simple and make classic roast grouse.
As the months go by and the birds age, you’ll be looking for grouse casseroles and recipes for grouse pate, which work well with birds that are potentially tougher.
It’s part of shooting etiquette that you eat what you shoot. The majority of our recipes are very easy to follow and create – they’re also delicious of course!
Recipe for roast curried grouse
Roast curried grouse with spiced lentil and coconut dahl, poppadum and cucumber chutney. To make the curry paste 200g galangal 200g fresh ginger peeled 100g turmeric root 300g banana shallots peeled 50g peeled garlic 2 lime leaves 4 lemongrass sticks 30ml lime juice 200g red long chilli 50ml sesame oil…
Game crumble and bread sauce by Simon Hopkinson
Here is how Simon Hopkinson creates his game crumble – and you can click here to see his roast grouse method: Game Crumble recipe: Serves 2, plentifully Ingredients A small slice of butter 75g fresh white breadcrumbs 50ml medium-dry sherry or Madeira A little salt and pepper, only if necessary…
Grouse recipe – bacon wrapped Scottish grouse with confit
If you find yourself in London and in need of some game, then the Punchbowl in Mayfair is a welcoming pub that isn’t pretentious in anyway. During the season, you’ll find plenty of different types of game on the menu and right now, grouse is going down a treat. So…
BBQ grouse recipe with sourdough and charred leaves
Sourdough is more digestible than standard loaves of bread and more nutritious too. It also goes perfectly with barbecued pheasant! BBQ grouse with sourdough and charred leaves Ingredients 8 grouse breasts 8 pieces of sourdough (available in good supermarkets) or here’s a recipe 4 chicory 2 radicchio 10g fresh chopped…
Traditional roast grouse recipe – perfect for young birds
Traditional roast young grouse with Irish bacon, game chips, Cumberland sauce, Madeira wine sauce and bread sauce
Recipe for young grouse by River Cottage chef Tim Maddams
I get a bit giddy about grouse. I’ve never shot one but I have seen a few drives in action and I’d love one day to walk-up a few. You need to know your young birds from your old or you will find yourself sitting at the dinner table, surrounded by polite, but clearly forced…
Traditional roast new season grouse with game chips, gravy and bread sauce
Ingredients: 1 whole new season grouse (oven ready) 100 grams button mushrooms (finely sliced) 10 grams butter (melted) 3 slices home cured streaky bacon Salt and pepper Method: Mix the mushrooms, butter and seasoning together then stuff and truss the grouse. Once this has been done, cover the breast…
Roast grouse risotto
With the season underway, Lee Maycock has a deliciously simple recipe for roast grouse risotto
Spatchcock grouse with gooseberries
Gooseberries give grouse a tasty twist in this sweet and savoury dish
Roasted Grouse with Red Wine, Prune & Pancetta Stuffing
You will need: One whole young grouse Heather Butter Thyme Garlic Cooking oil Method Prepare your whole young grouse, tie the wings in and the legs up and together so it cooks evenly. Stuff with heather, butter, thyme and garlic and then season before sealing in a hot pan all…
Recipe for grouse pate by Esther Veerman
Ingredients: 6 Grouse breasts, preferably off old birds Extra virgin olive oil 150g Crème fraîche Juice of 1 lime Sea salt 1 teaspoon Ginger powder 2 pinches Cayenne pepper Method: Place the grouse breasts in a roasting tin, drizzle a little extra-virgin olive oil over them and cover with…
Red grouse with liver en croute and bread puree
Ingredients For the roast grouse: 4 young red grouse salt and pepper 4 sprigs of thyme 4 cloves of garlic 8 bruised juniper berries 50 g butter for basting For the liver en croute: 4 livers from red grouse Cooking oil ½ tsp thyme, chopped salt and pepper 25ml brandy…
Grouse with crispy polenta and sweetcorn
This recipe for grouse with crispy polenta and sweetcorn comes from Dan Prince, head chef at the Old House Inn in West Sussex
The Cinnamon Club head chef Vivek Singh Q&A and recipe
Questions to Cinnamon Club head chef Vivek Singh Q. Where did you start working as a chef and how did The Cinnamon Club develop? A. After graduating from catering college I joined the Oberoi Hotel Group as a specialist in Indian cuisine. I first worked at its flight kitchens in…
Game recipe: Grouse, pheasant and mallard roast
Game recipe: Grouse, pheasant and mallard roast: This month Mark, a keen shot, shows how to cook the ultimate Christmas lunch!