Everyone who goes out in the field should have a traditional roast grouse recipe in their repertoire and The Field’s…
The top 10 best grouse recipes
The Field's top 10 best grouse recipes has plenty of inspiration
Whether you have an old bird or young, are looking for a traditional roast recipe or something a little more unusual, read on. With The Field‘s top 10 best grouse recipes you can’t go far wrong with your brace.
Ten best grouse recipes
There is something rather special about a traditional roast grouse. There’s no need to fuss with a young bird, simply serve with bread sauce and game chips. But don’t overlook an older bird, simmering stock will turn a dry gamebird into a moist and succulent supper. Read reviving a dry bird – roast grouse recipe for our advice.
Grouse ravioli makes an impressive game supper.
Grouse with fruit and salad
Grouse works extremely well with fruit and changing the accompanying salad lessens the risk of repetitive game suppers. Whole roast grouse with grilled peach salad works excellently with young birds at their most tender. Or try whole roast grouse with tomato, fig and bread salad for an interesting alternative to bread sauce.
Late season grouse
But these are recipes for young birds. If you have a late-season grouse on your hands, pot roasting is the only way to cook it. Try a long, slow cook and seriously good flavour combinations with pot roast grouse with brandy, tarragon and wild mushrooms. And pot-cooked crowns of grouse are an excellent reminder of the advantages of the older birds. They have a stronger flavour, are more fibrous and bigger. Just make sure you cook them for long enough.
If you are looking for a rather lighter supper, grouse works excellently in salads. With mid-season birds it is best to use the breasts, a method that works perfectly for grouse salad with walnut tarator and roast cauliflower. Or for a salad that still feels like comfort food, serve the grouse warm. Warm smoked grouse salad with beetroot and wild mushrooms uses smoking for extra flavour. And warm grouse, plum, blue cheese and walnut salad makes an impressive supper party starter.
But for something a little different, look no further than our grouse ravioli with grouse broth. Making your own pasta make seem a laborious task, but grouse is an ingredient worthy of the effort. Or braised grouse with tomato, parmesan and wet polenta is an excellent way to turn your freezer birds into a hearty lunch.
Whole roast grouse with grilled peach salad
Whole roast grouse with grilled peach salad is a great way to enjoy this season’s game. The glorious 12th is…
Whole roast grouse with tomato, fig and bread salad
Whole roast grouse is safest attempted with a young bird. This is the perfect early season recipe, paired with tomato,…
Pot roast grouse with brandy, tarragon and wild mushrooms
Pot roast grouse is the only way to deal with a late season bird. Any older grouse or bird that…
Pot-cooked crowns of grouse
Grouse do not have to be young to be delicious. Savour the old birds that are larger with more flavour.…
Grouse salad with walnut tarator and roast cauliflower
Grouse salad with walnut tarator, roast cauliflower, pomegranate and mint is an ideal mid season starter. Philippa Davis uses just…
Warm smoked grouse salad with beetroot and wild mushrooms
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Warm grouse, plum, blue cheese and walnut salad
Salad is certainly manly enough for the shoot day lunch, but if you can’t be convinced it also makes a…
Grouse ravioli with grouse broth
It might seem like a laborious task to make your own pasta, but the first brace of grouse is certainly…
Braised grouse with tomato, parmesan and wet polenta
Braised grouse with tomato, Parmesan and polenta is a delicious game recipe that will use up any tough old birds…
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