Three Cheese Pheasant

[rbduck]

If you like cheese, you will love this recipe.

Ingredients
1 cup of fine bread crumbs
1 large egg
1 cup of milk
1 cup of Parmesan''shake'' cheese
1/4 cup of parsley flakes
4 pheasant breasts( or Ruffed Grouse)
2 ounces of shredded cheddar cheese
2 ounces of shredded Monteray Jack cheese
1 teaspoon of steak seasoning


Instructions
Gently pound breast meat between two pieces of plastic wrap. Mix both shredded cheeses together. Place one half of cheese mixture on two of the breasts and top with the other two breasts, holding together with toothpicks if necessary.
Combine breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese and parsley flakes together in a med sized bowl.
Whisk milk and egg together. Carefully dip pheasant breasts, first in the egg mixture, then in the bread crumbs to completely coat breasts.
Arrange on a cookie sheet and place in a 350 degree oven for 45 to 60 minutes, depending on the size of the breasts. Enjoy!

Ron

[total disaster]

sounds like a good one... I will have to try this one !!

[birddog]

QUESTION- This sounds great, but you say to "place half of the cheese mixture on two of the breastes and top with the other 2 breasts"....do you mean, like a sandwich?...put the cheese between the 2 pieces?
Also, how thin do you want to pound them? I have pheasant out for dinner tonight and would LOVE to try this.
Thanks

[rbduck]

Birddog

#1 yes make it sandwich style
#2 1/8th to 1/4" thickness depending on size of breasts
#3 the steak seasoning would like your favourite dry seasoning...like Lowreys(seasoning salt)
Sorry about the mix up
Good luck

Ron

[birddog]

Perfect! guess what I'm having for dinner?
that was exactly what I needed to know....the steak seasoning where do you put that? In the bread crumb mix? Sorry for the ignorance, just love to try new things and this sounds wonderful.....

[birddog]

Oops...sorry, I am not good at "improvising" when cooking.
Where do you put the other half of the cheese mixture? You said you put half of the cheese mixture on the two breasts and top with the other.
Thenn hold them together with toothpicks.....I can do that, but then still have 2 oz of cheese....sorry for the dumb questions....bet you ddint' think posting a recipe would be this hard. :-)

[rbduck]

Steak seasoning goes in with the breadcrumbs.
Just divide the cheese mixture evenly between the two breasts, place other 2 breasts on top, then secure with toothpicks and then bread.
You can even deep fry them at 350 until golden brown also if you want
Before they are cooked, they should look like Veal Cordon Blu or Chicken Kiev.

Ron

[birddog]

WOW!! Felt it was my duty to get on the computer after that fine meal! MAN, I did as you said and actually had to cut the breasts in half! I put the cheese in, and added 1 tbs sourcream......
then I had to use several toothpicks to hold them together, but rolled them in the breadcrumbs, with the lowry's and some cajun seasoning.....baked them for 20 minutes, turned them and backed for 30 more! Tender, delicious, and a nice cheesy surprise inside!
Ol' Buckee gave me a recipe way back in 1999, for pheasants w/sour cream....but this may even beat it! Thanks for the tips!
I will be suggesting this to others.....like you said, it is very similar to the "chicken Cordon Bleu" you would buy in a store....only better!

[rbduck]

geez BD, ya got me blushing now . Thanks for the compliments.

Ron