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Cheeky piri piri pheasant with macho peas

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 hours 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Main Course
Cuisine Pheasant
Servings 4 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.