Pheasants in grape sauce

We offer you a simple and quick recipe for cooking pheasants in grape sauce. This dish is full of aromas, delicious taste and luxurious looks.

Ingredients

• 2 carcasses of pheasants;
• 15 grams of dried porcini mushrooms;
• 8 slices of bacon;
• 50 milliliters of olive oil;
• 30 grams of unsalted butter;
• 6 dried juniper berries;
• 2 sprigs of fresh thyme;
• 2 bay leaves;
• 1 onion;
• 1 tablespoon flour;
• 500 milliliters of chicken broth;
• 150 milliliters of cream with a fat content of 20%;
• 300 grams of seedless red grapes;
• 200 milliliters of dry sherry.

Directions

1. Pour porcini mushrooms with hot water, bring to a boil, cook for 10 minutes. Drain the water from the mushrooms into a separate container. Chop the onion into small cubes, crush the juniper berries, chop the thyme.
2. Rinse and dry the pheasants and season with salt and pepper. Wrap each carcass with four slices of bacon, secure with thread. Heat the olive oil in a heavy-bottomed skillet, fry the birds one by one on each side, starting with the breast until golden brown. Then transfer to a baking tray and place a bay leaf in the cavity of each bird.
3. Set the oven to preheat to 160-180 ° C. Melt the butter, juniper, thyme and onion in the game pan. Fry, stirring, for 7-10 minutes - until the onions are golden brown. Add flour, cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Then, pour in the chicken and mushroom broth, bring to a boil. Simmer on a low temperature for 10 minutes - during this time the volume of liquid will decrease by about a third and pour the sauce over the pheasants.
4. Seal the tray with foil, place in the oven for 20 minutes. Then remove the foil and put the game in the oven for another 15-20 minutes. Remove the bird tray, cover, and let sit for 10 minutes.
5. While the pheasants are resting, combine the grapes, porcini mushrooms, cream and sherry in a saucepan, bring to a boil, leave to simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
6. Divide the pheasants into portions, serve with your favorite side dishes and grape sauce. We are sure - you will be delighted!