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Bacon-Wrapped Roast Pheasant with Apples

Prep 20 min Cook 50 min Total 1 hr 10 min Servings 4

By Lukasz Jagiello

Inspired by The F Word S1E7. Who Taught Me: Gordon Ramsay

Published Oct 11, 2026 · Updated Oct 11, 2026

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Game birds are lean — rest breast-side down so juices run into the breast meat.

Ingredients

Method

  1. 01

    Heat oven to 400°F. Rub birds with butter, season, tuck thyme in the cavities and drape bacon over the breasts.

  2. 02

    Scatter apples and onion in a roasting pan, set birds on top and pour in cider.

  3. 03

    Roast 40–45 minutes; remove bacon for the final 10 to crisp it separately and brown the skin.

  4. 04

    Rest birds 10 minutes. Set pan over heat, add stock, scrape and boil 3 minutes for a quick gravy.

  5. 05

    Carve and serve with the apples, onions, crispy bacon and gravy.

Notes & swaps

  • Game birds are lean — rest breast-side down so juices run into the breast meat.

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