The best reason to shoot well is eating well afterwards. Game meat is some of the finest produce in the British countryside — seasonal, wild, genuinely free-range — and it deserves to be cooked properly rather than nervously.
ShootingUK’s recipes cover the full bag: pheasant, partridge, grouse, woodcock, wild duck, pigeon, rabbit, hare and venison. Straightforward roasts and braises alongside more inventive ideas for the cuts and species that people aren’t always sure what to do with. Everything is written by people who shoot the quarry they cook.
Whether you’re dealing with a glut of pheasants in January, your first haunch of venison or a brace of woodcock you’d rather not waste, there’s something here — and none of it requires a professional kitchen or a pretentious attitude.
Plymouth families living below the poverty line will enjoy roast pheasant this Christmas thanks to the generosity of local shoots
A pheasant recipe worthy of the Savoy (cabbage) thanks to a little kick from smoked back bacon
Lee Maycock: A quick (ish) and easy game cookery recipe that proves field to fork via shotgun is best.
Top check Mark Gough shows us how to prepare and cook a freshly shot mallard
Mike Robinson: From field to table, the chef's masterclass in how to turn a deer carcass into steaks, burgers, meatballs and much more from his cookery school in West Berkshire will whet your appetite...
These pigeon parcels are similar to a pasty, with the filling encased in pastry, but are made with puff pastry and are much lighter
Game cookery recipe: With deer stalking now on the agenda there's nothing like a roe deer recipe.
Game cookery recipe: Add a little zest to this migratory bird game cookery recipe.
Game recipes: Warm Pigeon salad: Top chef Mark prepares a seasonal, no nonsense game recipe using freshly shot pigeon which will really tickle your tastebuds, and it’s very easy to do.
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