Mac & Wild at Falls of Shin, Scotland opened last summer under the watchful eyes of founders, Andy Waugh and Calum Mackinnon who already run London’s popular Mac & Wild…
Recipes
Woodpigeon breasts with caramelised parsnip puree, morel and sherry jus
Today’s recipe comes from Chef Rob Avery of the Jack Russell Inn, in Faccombe, Hampshire. The food served is grown locally on the surrounding Faccombe Estate and if you fancy…
Roast loin of hare with a chocolate and redcurrant sauce
Roast loin of hare with a chocolate and redcurrant sauce Serves 4 Ingredients – Vegetable oil for frying 2 rib ends of hare, chopped up with bones on to 1in…
Berkshire venison, pheasant and partridge gamekeeper’s pie
Landlord Lee Hart is a keen Shot and runs the Dundas Arms, Kintbury. He says: “Our focus is seasonality and local produce. I’m a huge advocate for game and we…
Prince Charles shares his favourite pheasant recipe – pheasant crumble pie
‘I got this recipe from someone I know,’ writes HRH The Prince of Wales in this week’s issue of Country Life, which he has guest edited. ‘It is delicious. I…
Two recipes for pheasant pies
Pheasant pie with sausagemeat Ingredients: 2 pheasant breasts 150g puff pastry 6 chopped chestnuts 1 sausage (skinned) 2 tbsp mashed potato 2 chopped spring onions handful chopped parsley salt and…
Slow roasted pheasant ramen – a perfect introduction to game
This is an easy – and different – recipe for using pheasant breasts. It’s really worthwhile taking time to prepare the stock here as it’s the background to the dish,…
One pot pheasant recipes
Game cookery recipe: A fantastic game cookery recipe using pheasant and an excuse to raid the freezer!
How to prepare and cook snipe
If your gamebag includes a snipe, this is the classic way in which to eat it.
Quick and easy recipe for pheasant and pastry rolls
A classic Kiev is given a tasty new twist using pheasant and pastry
Are fish affected by thunderstorms?
Absolutely, particularly if the water temperature is high. Like us, fish require oxygen to survive. They get this oxygen from the water, which is absorbed across the gill filaments. The…
A recipe for humble pie by Tim Maddams
Recipe for humble pie Ingredients For the filling: 1 large onion, very finely chopped A good sprig of fresh thyme 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped 4 fresh bay…
A squirrel recipe – from the author of the River Cottage Game Cookery Book
It surprises me how often people turn up their nose at eating squirrel. Hardened pheasant Guns dismiss them as flying rats — as if eating rat were in some way…
Bev’s homemade dog biscuits
Bev’s Homemade Dog Biscuits Ingredients 2 cups rolled oats 1 cup peanut butter 2 bananas Method Place in food processor until combined Roll out and cut out biscuits (preferably with…
Easy recipe for pigeon pâte´
Pigeon pâté is the ideal way to use up those extra pigeon breasts and makes a change from casseroles or roasted pigeon. This easy recipe for pigeon pâté makes for a…
Pheasant Thai Curry recipe
Start by making the Thai paste. Thai paste Ingredients · 2 lemongrass stalks, outer stalks removed & chopped · A handful of unsalted peanuts · 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, sesame…
Woodpigeon sausage rolls
Here’s a woodpigeon recipe for sausage rolls that are a little bit different and dare we say it, a little bit more sophisticated than the straightforward pork version. They’re supremely…
Two new pheasant recipes from Rose Prince
Rose Prince writes: Pheasant meat has a truly interesting flavour, with notes of its foraged diet and corn, which, when the birds are at their plumpest, lends a lovely colour…
Spatchcock partridge with chargrilled sweet potato
Game recipe: Spatchcock Partridge with Chargrilled Sweet Potato: Top chef Mark prepares a seasonal, no nonsense dish using partridge that can either be cooked on the BBQ (weather permitting!) or…
Easy-to-make recipe for a partridge pot roast
Now the partridge season is well underway there’s going to be some delicious young birds coming your way. Well hopefully. The partridge is smaller than the pheasant but has a…