Pheasant Napolean

14 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 piece puff dough approximately, 5-inches by 5-inches
  • Egg wash
  • Clarified butter
  • 1 pheasant breast boned, quartered and pounded slightly
  • 1 cup seasoned flour (salt, white pepper, sage)
  • 2 red pepper rings 1/2-inches thick
  • 6 shiitake mushrooms
  • 1/2 cup fresh spinach
  • 2 ounces pheasant sauce
  • 1 quart water
  • 3 ounces pheasant scraps and trimmings
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 ounces sherry or Madiera
  • 2 ounces carrot, onion and celery trimmings

Directions

  1. 1
    Cut puff dough from corner to corner to get 2 triangles, brush with egg wash and sprinkle with fresh ground pepper, prick slightly with a fork and bake in a preheated 400 degree oven until golden brown.
  2. 2
    In a very hot pan add a small amount of butter, dredge pheasant in flour and saute until done but not brown.
  3. 3
    Set aside, add peppers and mushrooms.
  4. 4
    Add more butter if necessary and saute until done.
  5. 5
    Now add spinach for a few seconds then remove all from the heat.
  6. 6
    Now place one of the puff dough pieces in the center of the plate, then a piece of pheasant, then a pepper, then pheasant, then a mushroom, then pheasant, then spinach and so on.
  7. 7
    Top with the puff dough and a red pepper ring.
  8. 8
    Garnish plate with the remaining mushrooms and drizzle with sauce.
  9. 9
    Simmer all ingredients approximately 1 hour, strain, and reduce until there is approximately 4 ounces left.
  10. 10
    Add cornstarch slurry to tighten slightly and season with salt and white pepper to taste

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