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To Roast Grouse

Roasted grouse served on toast or with fried bread crumbs and bread sauce or brown gravy.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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To Roast Grouse

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Dress the grouse and place them on a slice of toast.

  2. Roast for about 20 minutes less than black cock.

  3. If not serving on toast, accompany with fried bread crumbs and either bread sauce or brown gravy.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Grouse
Provides the main meat, which cooks through as it roasts.
Toast
Sits under the bird and soaks up its juices, giving a moist base.
Bread sauce or brown gravy
Adds moisture and richness to accompany the lean game meat.

The step that matters

Roast for about 20 minutes less than black cock. Grouse is a lean game bird with little fat, so overcooking dries it out quickly. Checking early keeps the meat moist and tender.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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