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.
Woodpigeon recipe: Woodpigeon recipe for woodpigeon on an orange and olive oil dressed lentil salad.
A recipe for deep fried squirrel with warm apple and hazelnut salad
Duck: A fabulous little duck salad to cure the end of season blues.
Wild duck: This wild duck dish is perfect for any day of the year.
Every month Mark, a keen shot, will rustle up a seasonal, no-nonsense dish. Using simple, easily available ingredients, his easy-to-cook recipes will whet your appetite before amazing your taste buds....
Mark Hinge serves up a tasty summer combination of game and broad beans
Mark Hinge makes a spring-like Italian dish that will please the whole family
This pigeon recipe is for a fairly slow-cooking casserole which has a sherry or Madeira twist to it
This slow-cooked cassoulet is perfect for older pigeon meat and also works very well with rabbit
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