Name: Cheeky piri piri pheasant with macho peas
Prep time: 270 min
Cook time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1 Oven ready pheasant; 1 Red pepper; 3 Red chillies; 3 Garlic cloves, chopped; Juice of one lemon; 4 Tbsp Olive oil, plus a little for greasing; 1/2 Tsp Chilli flakes; 2 Tsp Smoked paprika; 1 Tsp Caster sugar; 2 Tsp Dried oregano; 2 Tbsp Red wine vinegar; 1/2 Tsp Sea salt flakes; A good slug of olive oil, for frying; 1 Red chilli, deseeded & finely chopped; 300 g Defrosted peas, crushed; A small handful of flat leaf parsley, leaves chopped; 8 Fresh basil leaves, chopped; 10 Fresh mint leaves, chopped; Sea salt flakes; Freshly ground black pepper

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Cheeky piri piri pheasant with macho peas

A great midweek dinner dish that you can cook in your air fryer.

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Prep Time 4 30

Cook Time 1

Course Main Course

Cuisine Pheasant

Servings people

Ingredients

Fresh Ingredients

1 Oven ready pheasant
1 Red pepper
3 Red chillies
3 Garlic cloves, chopped
Juice of one lemon

Store Cupboard Ingredients

4 Tbsp Olive oil, plus a little for greasing
1/2 Tsp Chilli flakes
2 Tsp Smoked paprika
1 Tsp Caster sugar
2 Tsp Dried oregano
2 Tbsp Red wine vinegar
1/2 Tsp Sea salt flakes

For the Macho Peas

A good slug of olive oil, for frying
1 Red chilli, deseeded & finely chopped
300 g Defrosted peas, crushed
A small handful of flat leaf parsley, leaves chopped
8 Fresh basil leaves, chopped
10 Fresh mint leaves, chopped
Sea salt flakes
Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Heat the air fryer to 190°C
Halve and deseed the red pepper, brush with a little olive oil and roast in the air fryer, skin side up, for 8-10 minutes until the halves are charred and the skin is coming away from the flesh.
Once they have cooled, peel the skin off. (Cooking times for the air fryer depends on the model of your air fryer.)
Deseed the chillies and place in a food processor with all the other ingredients, including the roasted red pepper, and blitz to a paste.
Put the pheasant in a shallow dish and pour over the marinade, turning the pheasant to coat.
Cover with cling film and put in the fridge for four hours or overnight, turning at least twice.
Place the pheasant breast side down in the air fryer and roast for 10 minutes.
Turn the bird over, spoon any remaining marinade over the pheasant and cook for a further 30 minutes or until thoroughly cooked.
If the pheasant begins to brown too much, turn the air fryer down to 170°C.
Once ready, remove the pheasant from the air fryer and leave to rest for 20 minutes.

Macho Peas

Place a frying pan over a medium heat and add a good slug of olive oil.
Fry the chilli and add the crushed peas, chopped herbs and season with a little salt and pepper.
Cook for around 3 minutes stirring well.

Notes

Tip: If you want to make this even simpler, you can use Piri Piri seasoning or marinade.

This recipe also works well with partridge.