{"id":613787271494,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/cooking-with-cider-how-about-pheasant-with-caramelised-apple-and-cider-sauce\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:40:47","slug":"cooking-with-cider-how-about-pheasant-with-caramelised-apple-and-cider-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/fruit\/cooking-with-cider-how-about-pheasant-with-caramelised-apple-and-cider-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking with Cider this Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How about pheasant with caramelised apple and cider sauce!<\/h2><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pheasant-cider-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Pheasant with caramelised apples and cider sauce\" class=\"wp-image-1175\"><figcaption>Pheasant cosies up with a fruity double act of apples and cider for a warming winter treat<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><\/p><h2>Ingredients (to serve 2-4)<\/h2><ul>\n<li>1 pheasant<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp flour<\/li>\n<li>1 onion, sliced and chopped up finely<\/li>\n<li>2 garlic cloves, chopped and sliced finely<\/li>\n<li>1 x 500ml bottle of your favourite cider, perhaps from the <a href=\"https:\/\/orchardpig.co.uk\/core-range\/\">Orchard Pig<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Handful of thyme<\/li>\n<li>3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/topiary-bay-laurel-trees-laurus-nobilis\">bay<\/a> leaves<\/li>\n<li>Dollop of cream (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Seasoning<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp of bouillon stock mixture, or \u00bd a stock cube<\/li>\n<li>2 apples, peeled, cored, quartered, then cut into 4 slices (choose a firm<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/apple-fruit-trees\">apple<\/a> that holds it shape, which tend to be sweet varieties like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/golden-delicious-apple-trees\">Golden Delicious<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/jonagold-apple-trees\">Jonagold<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/gala-apple-trees\">Gala<\/a>, and the popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/james-grieve-apple-trees\">James Grieve<\/a>. Tart apples tend to go mushy, but all eating &amp; cooking apples taste good cooked: read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefheidifink.com\/blog\/baking\/best-apple-varieties-for-pies\/\">about that from Chef Heidi Fink<\/a>, World leading cooked apple researcher)<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>3 tbsp brown sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Method<\/h2><p><strong>Pheasant and cider sauce<\/strong><\/p><ol>\n<li>We sliced the breast and legs from one whole pheasant, but you could ask your butcher to provide you with this too.<\/li>\n<li>Take each individual pheasant portion and dust with a light coating of flour.<\/li>\n<li>Pan fry in oil (we use olive oil because they lie when they say you shouldn&#8217;t fry with it; it&#8217;s only very high blast stir fries that might make olive oil go smokey) until the skin is crisp and brown, roughly 3 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the chopped onion and garlic to the pan.<\/li>\n<li>After the onion has become clear (usually takes 2-3 minutes) add the bottle of cider (perry or apple will do).<\/li>\n<li>Let the mixture come to the boil, add the seasoning, bay leaf and thyme and bouillon\/stock cube, and leave the mixture on a low heat for an hour. We use the bottom of our Aga for this.<\/li>\n<li>After one hour, take the pheasant out and keep it warm. Reduce the juices by one third. Taste for seasoning and add more if required.<\/li>\n<li>This is also the point to add a spoonful of cream too, but use your own taste buds to dictate that \u2013 the mixture is just as good without it.<\/li>\n<li>Keep the pheasant warm on a plate, and while the sauce is reducing, prepare the caramelised apples.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p><strong>Caramelised apples<\/strong><\/p><ol>\n<li>Heat the butter in a saucepan<\/li>\n<li>Once it&#8217;s fully melted and starting to bubble, add the brown sugar and the apples<\/li>\n<li>Brown and turn the apples well until nicely caramelised on all sides<\/li>\n<li>Remove from the heat and keep warm<\/li>\n<\/ol><p><strong>Once the sauce mixture is reduced, pour over and serve!<\/strong><\/p><h2>Top tip<\/h2><p>This is a lovely, tasty wintery dish using well hung pheasant, but if you&#8217;re not the gamey type, it works equally well with chicken. 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