Pecan Stuffed Smoked Pheasant

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter
1 1/4 cups	182g / 6.4oz	Dry bread crumbs
2/3 cup	41g / 1.4oz	Coarsely broken pecan meats
2		Smoked pheasants
2 tablespoons	30ml	Flour
3/4 teaspoon	3.8ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Pepper
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter
1 1/2 cups	355ml	Hot water
1/4 cup	59ml	Sherry

Recipe Instructions

Melt the 4 TBS butter and pour over bread crumbs. Add pecan meats and toss lightly. Stuff mixture into pheasants and truss birds. Combine the flour, salt and pepper, and lightly sprinkle over pheasants. Melt the other 4 TBS butter in heavy frying pan. Brown each pheasant on all side and transfer to a roasting pan. Add hot water and sherry to the browned birds. Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.

Baste with liquid every 15 minutes. Remove cover and continue baking for 20 minutes, or until the birds are crisp and brow. Remove birds to a platter and keep hot while you thicken the dripping for gravy.. Serves 6

Source:
Family Circle - 9/16/97

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