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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Kamado Style Cookers => Topic started by: cgriller64 on March 12, 2017, 08:18:37 PM

Title: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: cgriller64 on March 12, 2017, 08:18:37 PM: Pheasant Cacciatore on a Kamado Grill.

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Quartered and seasoned with fresh Italian Herbs

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Brought the grill To around 400 degrees to put a char on the bird.

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Set the bird aside and reconfigured the grill adjusting the vents to decrease temp to around 300 degrees.

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Made the Cacciatore Sauce

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Placed the pheasant in the sauce

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Served on a bed of mashed potatoes

Thanks for taking a peek. ::)
Title: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: Pappymn on March 12, 2017, 08:47:45 PM: Wow! That looks excellent
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: Smokin Don on March 12, 2017, 08:57:06 PM: That does look good!!! Nice Cook!!! Don
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Post by: HighOnSmoke on March 12, 2017, 09:13:18 PM: Awesome!
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Post by: tomcrete1 on March 12, 2017, 09:15:45 PM: Quote from: HighOnSmoke on March 12, 2017, 09:13:18 PM
Awesome!

X2!!
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: hikerman on March 12, 2017, 09:16:58 PM: Looks great! I love cacciatore! Growing up just about any game found its way in the sauce. Squirrel, rabbit, pheasant, and quail. A great Fall meal for the hunter-gatherer! We typically serve over polenta or pasta but mashed potatoes sounds good too!
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: Savannahsmoker on March 12, 2017, 09:27:08 PM: I like Gene have always liked Cacciatore and even with years of Pheasant hunting I never dreamed of using Pheasant. :thumbup:

What a great idea andtThanks very much for the post.
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: cgriller64 on March 12, 2017, 09:52:00 PM: Thanks everyone for the kind words. The richness of the pheasant paired nicely with the sauce. My original plan was to serve it over polenta but didn't have any thus the potatoes.
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: TentHunteR on March 12, 2017, 10:23:56 PM: Simply outstanding! I'm getting hungry again looking at it.
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Post by: ClimberDave on March 12, 2017, 10:37:47 PM: Looks great!

Chicken Cacciatore was always a staple of mine, always served on pasta but sounds prefect on mashed taters or polenta.
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: smokeasaurus on March 13, 2017, 12:01:06 AM: That sure looks good.
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: Pam Gould on March 13, 2017, 09:01:17 AM: I know that would be good on potatoes, rice or polenta..sauce looks fabulous..recipe please.. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: RAD on March 13, 2017, 04:19:30 PM: Quote from: Pam Gould on March 13, 2017, 09:01:17 AM
I know that would be good on potatoes, rice or polenta..sauce looks fabulous..recipe please.. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: cgriller64 on March 13, 2017, 09:30:36 PM: I didn't have the time to cook a sauce from scratch so I took a couple short cuts. Here you go.

Placed the pan on the deflector plates at the top rack of the Kamado. Rendered some diced pancetta. Added shallot and sliced yellow onion and crimini mushrooms with porcini flavored olive oil and butter. Sauté for a few minutes. Then added dry white wine and let the liquid reduce down. Once the wine reduced I whisked in some canned chicken broth, short cut one, and some of the Italian herb paste I rubbed the pheasant with. Lastly, short cut two, I added some store bought marinara sauce. I used Rao's Arribiatta sauce which has a little kick to it.

Finally placed the reserved bird to the pan and let it cook until the breast reached 160 IT.
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: cgriller64 on March 13, 2017, 09:58:28 PM: While there were no pheasant leftovers there was some sauce leftover. Used it the next day for lunch.

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Placed the sauce in a CI pan to reheat.

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Added some seeded cherry peppers to roast.

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Threw on some hot Italian sausages to grill up.

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While they were getting to know each other on the grill I cooked some cheese tortellini.

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Lunch is served.
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: muebe on March 14, 2017, 11:46:04 PM: Wow!
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Post by: akruckus on March 15, 2017, 04:32:57 AM: Sign me up for both of those!
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: Big Dawg on March 15, 2017, 12:19:51 PM: Talk about "Hunter Style" ! ! ! !

BD
Title: Re: Pheasant Cacciatore
Post by: Smokin3d on March 15, 2017, 01:30:18 PM: Now that's some good looking food!