Roast Partridge On A Bed Of Liver Pate Recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. # Pre-heat oven to 450F, Gas Mark 8, 230C
  2. # Season the partridges with salt and pepper
  3. # Put a knob of butter inside the birds and put 2 slices of bacon on their breast
  4. # Stand on a trivet in a roasting tin, baste with melted butter, and cook in the pre-heated oven for 10 minutes, basting again after 5 minutes
  5. # Reduce the heat to 400F, Gas Mark 6, 200C and cook again for 10 minutes, basting twice
  6. # Remove the bacon from the breasts, baste with hot butter, sprinkle with flour, baste again and cook for a further 4-5 minutes to make the breasts crispy
  7. # Increase the oven to 450F, Gas Mark 8, 230C and cook till birds are browned
  8. # For the fried crumbs, melt the butter in a frying pan, stir in the crumbs and keep turning until they are brown and crisp
  9. # Spread the toast with liver pate, arrange the birds on top and garnish with fried crumbs and watercress

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