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Pheasant Mince Potpie Recipe

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November  9, 2011
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Pheasant Mince Potpie Recipe
  • Serves 6 to 8
What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • For the filling
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 1/4 pounds pheasant meat, cubed
  • 1 cup ham lardons
  • 1 cup yellow onion, minced
  • 3 carrots, peeled and sliced
  • 1 large potato, peeled and cubed
  • 1 turnip peeled and cubed
  • 2 celery stalks, chopped
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup green onion, chopped into thin rounds
  • 3 cups water or vegetable stock
  • 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, minced
  • kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
  • For the topping:
  • 2 cups fine grind 100% whole wheat flour
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup lard
  • 1 cup whole milk yogurt or buttermilk
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 425? F. In an oven proof twelve inch skillet with two inch sides heat the oil over medium high heat. When the oil is hot enough to keep the meat from sticking add the pheasant and brown it. Once it has browned remove it from the pan to a plate. Drain the grease but don’t wipe out the pan.
  2. Place the pan back over the heat and reduce it to medium. Add the ham and render it till soft-crispy. Add the butter, yellow onion, carrot, turnips and potatoes. Season it with a healthy pinch of salt and some pepper. Cook until the onions are starting to become tender.
  3. Add the flour and stir it to get it to combine with the melted butter. Add the thyme, green onions and water or stock. Bring the stock to a boil while stirring. Stirring keeps the roux from lumping so stir until you are boiling. Taste and adjust the seasoning
  4. Reduce the heat to a simmer.
  5. In a mixing bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and powder and the salt.
  6. Using your hands break the lard up into the flour then rub your hands together like you are warming them. Do this until you have a mealy looking flour mixture.
  7. Add the yogurt or buttermilk to the flour and stir with as few strokes as possible to bring the dough together, in other words try not to develop a lot of gluten.
  8. Remove the stew from the heat and stir in the browned pheasant.
  9. Using large table or soup spoons scoop up balls of dough and place them onto the top of the stew. Make sure to spread them out evenly. They may look far apart but they will swell up in the oven.
  10. Bake the potpie in the oven until the biscuits are brown and the stew is bubbly. About 15 to 20 minutes.
  11. Let cool a few minutes, it is thermonuclear, then serve.
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dymnyno
dymnyno August 27, 2012
This looks and sounds delicious! I love pheasant pie. Now...where did all the pheasants that used to be everywhere in California go? I will trade those pesky wild turkeys for them anyday!
 
cookshootblog
cookshootblog November 15, 2011
Made this last night and it was awesome! Swapped out the ham lardons for a combo of prosciutto and capicola and made butter milk biscuits.

Now hubby needs to go hunting again.
 
aargersi
aargersi November 9, 2011
Yum! Now I need a pheasant. And that yellow pan in the picture. The Mr loves a good pot pie!
 
dymnyno
dymnyno November 9, 2011
Wow! I read peasant the first time...pheasant!!! My favorite game bird. I didn't think that peasants were going to taste all that great, but pheasants...yes! Sounds delicious and will make as soon as I can get a pheasant.
 
Niknud
Niknud November 9, 2011
Yum - sounds just like my mom's chicken and biscuit recipe! Love it when the bottom of the biscuits get all gooey with the broth!