Fresh, fast, and full of flavour, you’ll have this Japanese-inspired stir fry on the table within half an hour. Made with protein-rich mallard, marinated in teriyaki sauce, and served with stacks of vegetables.
This British twist on a Spanish paella will melt your heart. Designed by Big Green Egg chef Ross Anderson as part of their cookery class held at River Cottage, it combines pheasant and seafood with pearl barley and traditional paella flavours.
Slow cooked rabbit in a tasty smoked bacon, vegetable and herb sauce, served over pappardelle pasta. A simple and satisfying recipe, perfect fo a cold winter's night.
Spreading butter and olive oil over partridges, along with streaky bacon, ensures the delicate meat remains tender and moist during roasting while adding thyme and juniper berries to the cavity adds another layer of flavour.
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 200ºC/400ºF/Gas Mark 6.
- Place 1 sprig of thyme, 3 juniper berries in the cavity of each bird and season with salt and pepper. Tie the legs together with some string before cooking.
- Spread softened butter and oil over the birds and place a rasher of bacon on each breast. Put in a roasting pan and cook for 30 minutes. To check the bird is cooked, place a skewer in between the leg and breast and the birds are cooked when the juices run clear.
- Pour some of the juice into a small saucepan and keep on a low heat. In the meantime heat a little olive oil and sauté a selection of wild mushrooms in season. .
- Place the mushrooms on the plate together with the partridge and crispy bacon. Serve with a little of the heated juice, braised cabbage and mashed potato.
Thank you to Game-to-eat for sharing this recipe with us.
If you love red meat but need to watch your weight or your cholesterol, this simple stir fry delivers big flavours while without the fat. Venison steaks are marinated in soy sauce for 30 minutes before cooking then need only 2 or 3 minutes in a hot wok.
On a hot summer evening, fire up a charcoal barbecue to enjoy this light and healthy recipe for grouse inspired by North African cuisine.
Delicious yet quick and easy to make, these tortilla wraps filled with sweet and crunchy pomegranate seeds, homemade slaw and full-flavoured venison loin are a light but satisfying way to enjoy venison in the warmer months.
Instructions
- Season the venison and sear in a hot pan for 2 minutes on each side.
- Place into a hot oven (200ºC) for 2 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow to rest for a further 5 minutes.
- Mix the cabbage, carrot, onion and cumin together to make a slaw.
- Warm the tortillas.
- Slice the venison and place on the tortillas and top with the slaw.
- Finish with the pomegranate and serve.
Thank you to Game-to-eat for sharing this recipe with us.
In this recipe, mallard is perfectly paired with a creamy and aromatic peppercorn and wild thyme sauce. Simple but spectacular, this dish is sure to impress.
This succulent, slow-cooked dish is very easy to get in the pan and bakes down to beautiful, unguent tenderness. Enjoy it with a heap of buttery celeriac mash, cabbage and redcurrant jelly.
Indian spices, butternut squash, sweet potato and partridge make this simple recipe a perfect autumn warmer. Serve with rice, Indian flatbread and spiced Aubergine for a true feast.
24 hours may seem a long time, but once the pork is in the oven, there’s nothing to do but let it gently cook, producing meltingly tender pork that will just fall apart into shreds.
This is a take on a traditional Catalan dish of rabbit, beans and chorizo. With strong flavours and smokey paprika baked long and slow in the oven, the meat will be juicy and tender.
This makes a rather special dinner party dish. Wild duck has a stronger flavour and is less fatty than farmed duck so is a real treat. It’s not difficult or time-consuming to make but your guests will love it.
This is a perfect family midweek supper, quick to prepare and left to do it’s thing in the oven it makes the most of our favourite free range Sutton Hoo Chicken.
Thank you to Sutton Hoo Chicken for sharing this recipe with us.
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 200°C.
- Rub the chicken with a little olive oil, season with salt and pepper and then dip both sides of the chicken in the flour and shake off the excess flour from the thighs.
- Gently heat the oil and half the butter in a large casserole dish on a low to medium heat then add the thighs and fry on both sides in the casserole dish until golden. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside.
- Put the remaining butter in the pan and put in the mushrooms. Fry for 2-3 minutes whilst scraping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Then add in the garlic and rosemary and gently fry these for another 2 minutes, then pour in the Cider. Bring to a slight simmer then put the chicken back in the casserole pan.
- Pour in the stock/water and gently warm and then place in the oven. Cook for 30mins.
- Carefully remove from the oven and put in the plums and cream. Stir thoroughly and then return to the oven and cook for a further 10mins.
- Finally, remove from the oven, stir again and check the seasoning. Adjust to taste and then you are ready to serve. This goes well with rice, bread or any type of potato.
With an enticing Moorish twist this is a great way to enjoy grouse in the summer and can be cooked on the barbecue or under the grill.
If you’re looking for a change from traditional roast grouse this herby spelt risotto makes a great accompaniment to grouse.
An earthy salad that’s really simple and quick to put together for a weekday supper.
This is a variation on the classic french Lapin a la moutarde. Rabbit loin is wrapped in bacon and poached and served with buttery leeks.
Use pheasant instead of your usual chicken in this aromatic, spicy curry. Don’t be put off by the long list of ingredients here, the most difficult bit is getting them out of the cupboard!
Lime is a surprising partner for partridge but the two flavours complement each other beautifully.
Thanks to Maddie at the British Larder for sharing this fabulous recipe for one of the tastiest wild game birds around.
This is a perfect family midweek supper, quick to prepare and left to do it’s thing in the oven it makes the most of our favourite free range Sutton Hoo Chicken.