Pheasant Pot Pie

He hunts them and brings them home and I cook em'. This is a great easy way to eat pheasant. It is really good and no one even knows it's pheasant. Just watch out for the shot! Cut the calories by using vegetable broth and skim milk, add them by chicken broth and whole milk. Mushrooms are also a good addition.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 699 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ⅔ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 egg white, beaten
• ½ cup chopped celery
• 2 cups chicken broth
• ½ teaspoon dried sage
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• ½ yellow onion, chopped
• 1 (15 ounce) can peas, drained
• ⅓ cup salted butter
• 1 pound pheasant, cut into bite-size pieces
• ½ teaspoon ground celery seed
• 2 9-inch refrigerated pie crusts

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Bring broth to a boil in a pot; add pheasant, carrots, and celery and boil until pheasant is cooked through, about 15 minutes. Add peas to broth and boil for 1 minute. Drain and reserve broth from pot.

Step 3

Melt butter in a separate pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion until translucent, about 5 minutes. Gradually stir flour into butter until smooth. Pour reserved broth and milk into flour mixture, stirring constantly. Add salt, rosemary, pepper, sage, and celery seed to broth mixture and simmer over medium-low heat until sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes.

Step 4

Lower oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 5

Press 1 pie crust into a pie plate and lightly brush with egg white.

Step 6

Bake crust in the oven until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.

Step 7

Spoon about 1/4 of the pheasant-vegetable mixture into the baked pie crust. Mix remaining pheasant-vegetable mixture into the sauce; pour into baked pie crust. Place second crust on top of the filling, pinching the edges together to form a seal. Cut your initials into the top crust for ventilation.

Step 8

Bake in the oven until top is golden brown, about 40 minutes.