Pheasant Baked in A Blanket Recipe

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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
663
Calories
Total time
140
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup finely chopped onion
  • 3 tbsp butter or 3 tbsp margarine
  • 3/4 cup finely diced celery
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp shortening
  • 1/2 cup water

Directions:

  1. Remove pin feathers and singe pheasant according to directions.
  2. Rinse inside and out with several changes of warm water.
  3. Drain well.
  4. Remove neck and cook with giblets for gravy.
  5. Fill salted cavity with vegetable stuffing made as follows: Lightly saute onion in heated butter.
  6. Add the remaining vegetables and seasonings and toss to mix well.
  7. Fill cavity and truss.
  8. To make dough blanket: Sift together flour and salt; cut in fat with pastry blender or two knives until particles are the size of rice grains.
  9. Add water gradually, stirring to make a dough soft enough to roll.
  10. Roll out on a lightly floured board from 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick into a rectangular sheet about 15 by 10 inches.
  11. Wrap dough around pheasant, completely covering it.
  12. Moisten edges and pinch together to seal.
  13. Place pheasant, breast side up, on a trivet in a shallow roasting pan and roast uncovered in a moderate oven (350 F) for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
  14. Prepare giblet gravy from drippings (Break away crusty golden brown blanket in pieces and serve with the pheasant and giblet gravy).
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 662.98 Kcal (2776 kJ)
Calories from fat 280.05 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 31.12g 48%
Cholesterol 97.73mg 33%
Sodium 2343.79mg 98%
Potassium 580.38mg 12%
Total Carbs 61.39g 20%
Sugars 2.63g 11%
Dietary Fiber 7.88g 32%
Protein 35.17g 70%
Vitamin C 13.2mg 22%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 10%
Iron 4.8mg 27%
Calcium 211mg 21%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 205.3 Kcal (860 kJ)
Calories from fat 86.72 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.64g 48%
Cholesterol 30.26mg 33%
Sodium 725.77mg 98%
Potassium 179.72mg 12%
Total Carbs 19.01g 20%
Sugars 0.81g 11%
Dietary Fiber 2.44g 32%
Protein 10.89g 70%
Vitamin C 4.1mg 22%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 10%
Iron 1.5mg 27%
Calcium 65.3mg 21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 15.1
    Points
  • 17
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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