Bon Appétit GAME & FOWL  -  MAIN COURSE
RECIPE NAME:  BREAST OF PHEASANT WITH GRAPES AND PINE NUTS 
RECIPE BY: BON APPETIT!
SERVING SIZE: 6
PREPARATION TIME: 2 hours
 INGREDIENTS:
3 2 pound pheasants -
1/2 cup olive oil -
6 cloves garlic peeled and chopped
1 - onion minced
1 tablespoon soy sauce -
1 cup heavy cream -
2 cans 10 ounces cream of mushroom soup -
8 ounces fresh mushrooms -
8 ounces butter -
4 ounces flour -
4 ounces pine nuts -
8 ounces green grapes cut in halves
4 - shallots -
4 fluid ounces dry sherry -
 
DIRECTIONS:
  •  Step one: Preparation of the Pheasant. With a sharp knife, remove the two breasts from the center bone and also all the meat from the legs.
  • Remove all the skin and excess fat. Place the pheasant breasts and legs in a ceramic dish. Reserve the bones for another dish.
  • Marinate with the garlic, soy sauce and olive oil, overnight if possible.
  • Step two: Preparation of the Dish. Melt the butter in a heavy skillet, season the pheasant with salt and pepper, dip in flour, and sauté over low heat until light brown. Remove from skillet and place pheasant on a heated platter.
  • Add more butter to the pan, if necessary, and add the onions and simmer. Combine with the fresh mushrooms, mushroom soup, sherry wine, heavy cream and grapes and bring to a boil. Garnish with pine nuts and ladle over the pheasants.
  • Serve with fettuccine.
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