Roast game bird with parsnip sauce and trimmings & apple butter
Roast game bird with parsnip sauce and trimmings & apple butter
Ingredients
2
parsnips
scrubbed and cut in wedges
1
small leek
cleaned and sliced finely
Isle of Skye Sea Salt
Freshly milled black pepper
oregano to season
50
g
butter
Summer Harvest Rapeseed Oil
1
dessertspoon cornflour
optional
2
partridges
Instructions
Heat a drizzle of oil with butter and sauté partridge on each side.
Add leeks and soften in butter.
Add sufficient water to be a third of way up the birds. Season and add parsnips.
Simmer gently on hob with lid on for 40mins until bird fully cooked.
Thicken the juices with slaked cornflour and bring to boil to finish sauce.
Taste and adjust seasoning.
Serve partridge with parsnips and sauce, apple butter, roasted breadcrumbs, roast potatoes and a rowan jelly or similar.
Recipe Notes
recipe, food styling & photo: wendy barrie