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’ve defrosted the freezer preparatory to
moving, yet again – fingers crossed the
current sale goes through – and buried within
the icy depths I discovered a partridge, a
couple of pheasant breasts and a guinea fowl. I
know that none of it is airgunner quarry, but
my supplies of vermin are now depleted and
deadline was fast approaching. You don’t have
to do all the faffing about that this recipe
involves in meat prep, though. A few pigeon
breasts, diced and mixed up with the veg will
be just as tasty and I’d have used pigeon had
there been any handy.
I poached the partridge and guinea fowl for
half an hour whilst I prepped the veg and had
a cuppa, then allowed it to cool and stripped
the meat.
Diced pheasant and bacon meat, pan-fried
for five minutes, along with diced onion, potato
and swede, then I seasoned it, mixed it with
the cooked partridge and guinea fowl meat,
and knocked up a few ‘pasties’.
It’s always handy for me to have a few baked
items in the freezer, for summer picnics or
barbecues when asked to ‘bring something,
anything will do’. Quite often, I haven’t a clue
what to make because everyone does potato
salad, or vegetarian quiche for those who can’t
bear the sight of a sausage.
On this occasion, it seemed a bit pointless to
reconstruct what I’d taken out of the freezer and
then put it back in, that kind of defeats the
‘declutter’ object, so I commandeered a friend’s
kitchen – mine’s near enough packed ready for
the move – and suggested we share the pasties.
Mike didn’t need too much persuasion!
You can freeze these pasties, of course –
uncooked pastry. Bake from frozen in a hot
oven for about 20 mins, or until cooked
through and piping hot. Any game meat that you have lurking in your
freezer – pigeon is ideal
I used cooked pheasant, partridge and guinea
fowl, bit of bacon
Diced onion, potato and swede
A chicken stock cube
Ready to roll puff pastryINGREDIENTSIT’S A FUNNY OLD GAME
Rosie’s on the move, but she finds space for this easy, and seriously tasty, recipe
ROSIE’S RECIPE
Bake for
about 20 mins
until golden.Serve for a
tasty lunch
with a friend.