Roast Partridge On A Bed Of Liver Pate Recipe
Ingredients:
- for the roast partridge
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- # 4 young partridges
- # 8 rashers bacon
- # butter
- # flour
- # salt and pepper
- # 4 slices toast
- # liver pate
- # fried crumbs
- # liver pate
- # watercress
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- for the fried crumbs
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- # 4 oz. (125g) fresh white breadcrumbs
- # 1 oz. (25g) butter
Directions:
- # Pre-heat oven to 450F, Gas Mark 8, 230C
- # Season the partridges with salt and pepper
- # Put a knob of butter inside the birds and put 2 slices of bacon on their breast
- # 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
- # Reduce the heat to 400F, Gas Mark 6, 200C and cook again for 10 minutes, basting twice
- # 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
- # Increase the oven to 450F, Gas Mark 8, 230C and cook till birds are browned
- # For the fried crumbs, melt the butter in a frying pan, stir in the crumbs and keep turning until they are brown and crisp
- # Spread the toast with liver pate, arrange the birds on top and garnish with fried crumbs and watercress
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