Game & Fish Dish
ROASTED PHEASANT AND BACON
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salt 1 whole young pheasant
salt 1 whole young pheasant •1 bay leaf
1 bay leaf •3-4 celery leaves
3-4 celery leaves •4 slices bacon
4 slices bacon •1/3 cup salad oil
1/3 cup salad oil •1/2 cup mushroom pieces
1/2 cup mushroom pieces •1 large onion, sliced
1 large onion, sliced Thoroughly salt pheasant inside and out; fill cavity with bay leaf and celery leaves. Wrap pheasant breast with bacon; secure in place with string. Place pheasant in roaster. Pour salad oil over pheasant. Add mushrooms and onion slices. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hr and 30 min. Turn pheasant at 30-min. intervals, basting with drippings from pan. Place on platter; remove string, celery leaves and bay leaf. Garnish with spiced apples and parsley.
