Pheasants, how do I cook this?

[thansal]

It turns out that my friend went hunting last weekend and has a pair of pheasants for our Friendsgiving (2nd thanksgiving done w/ friends on Sat). They are actually farm raised, so I don't need to worry about tough meat, however they are full of shot, so I have to deal with that.

The current idea is to butcher them (so we can get the shot out) and then cooking them up some how.

I would love any and all suggestions, if you have good ones involving bacon I would love that.

Thanks

[Kara]

The only thing that comes to mind for bird/bacon combination is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xc5wIpUenQ

You could probably substitute pheasant for duck

[Marmalady]

You could try this recipe.....
http://www.foodiesite.com/recipes/20...heasantbreasts

or this one....http://www.reallynicerecipes.com/rec...roast-pheasant

But I would always lay rashers of bacon over the breast of a pheasant before roasting anyway - as the breast tends to need less cooking than the rest of the bird, the bacon helps to stop the breast meat from drying out.

[houdini]

If you're butchering it to get the shot out, then maybe it's worth butchering it completely and making pie? I made a pheasant and sage stuffing pie at one point and it was really good.

Pigeon stir fry is also amazing. Never tried it with pheasant though.

[thansal]

Pheasant pie! That sounds like a great idea

/me keeps pondering