Pheasant Souwaroff
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 pheasant
- 6 medium truffles
- 1 glass Madeira
- a few spoonfuls light meat glaze
- 200 grammes raw foie gras
- bards of pork fat
- 1 small glass Madeira
- as much game stock
Instructions
- Cook 6 medium truffles for 5 minutes with a glass of Madeira and a few spoonfuls of light meat glaze.
- Put these truffles in the terrine in which the pheasant will finish cooking.
- Cut 200 grammes of raw foie gras into large dice and stiffen it in the truffle cooking liquid.
- Stuff the pheasant with the foie gras.
- Truss it, bard it and pot-roast it two thirds of the way.
- Put it in the terrine with the truffles and add the pot-roasting juices, a small glass of Madeira and as much game stock.
- Cover the terrine hermetically and complete the cooking in the oven for a quarter of an hour.
- Serve just as it is.