Pheasant epicure with wild rice - united states

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
4eachesPheasant breasts-split
8eachesPheasant legs
S pheasant drumsticks
½cupFlour
¾cupSherry or Muscatel Wine
¼teaspoonPepper
¾cupMilk
¼poundsButter
2cupsStock
1eachOnion-chopped
1teaspoonSalt
1pintSour cream

Directions

Cut pheasant into serving pieces and split breasts. Mix flour, salt and pepper. Dip meat in milk and then in flour and lay on paper towels. Melt three-fourths stick of butter in large skillet. Saute meat until brown on all sides, drain off excess fat and add stock.

Simmer meat for one hour. Meanwhile, melt the remainder of the butter, cook onions in this until browned. Add the remaining flour you used for dredging, wine and onions. Cover and cook slowly until tend. Taste for seasoning. Just before serving, break down sour cream with a fork and add to meat. Reheat, to the boiling point. Place in a deep platter, pour sauce over meat and serve with the wild rice mold.

WILD RICE MOLD

Wash two cups of wild rice, soak overnight in warm water. To one quart of water add wild rice, a half cup of long grain rice and a teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, until rice is done. Butter a large ring mold and pack rice tightly, set on stove to keep hot. Turn out on a chop plate and fill center of mold with sauteed mush- rooms.

Submitted By SALLIE KREBS On 07-09-95