Partridge Breasts with Pear Puffs
28.11.2019
A wonderful seasonal Game recipe.
The British Game Alliance assured game meat used in this recipe can be bought from County Foods of Poole.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Pastry 127mm Squares, defrosted
- 12 Partridge breasts
- Ripe dessert pears
- 375 ml Port
- Salt and black pepper
- Small bunch of fresh sage with stalks removed
- 12 Strings of redcurrants, optional
- 6 tbsp redcurrant jelly
- Beaten egg to glaze
- Place partridge breasts in a shallow dish with the port, seasonings and a few of the sage leaves, roughly chopped – allow to marinade for 15 minutes.
- Peel, halve and core two pears and cut into 24 slices, keep remaining pears to one side.
- To assemble, lay half the pastry squares on the work surface, place two slices of pear, side by side on each then lay a partridge breast on top of each, keeping the marinade mixture. Scatter with a little chopped sage and a few redcurrants. Make parallel cuts in the remaining pastry squares but leave a border around edge of each.
- Brush the borders of pastry around the partridge breasts with beaten egg, top each with a pastry square with the slits in, press edges firmly together, knock up edges and brush each with beaten egg.
- Bake for 15 -20 minutes until pastry is risen and golden brown. Meanwhile, peel the remaining pears, core and slice.
- Heat together the port marinade mixture and the redcurrant jelly and gently cook the pear slices until just tender.
- Serve the pear slices hot with the partridge puffs.
