Gamebird Gourmet // Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Pheasant
The combination of the cream cheese and bacon will make even the most hesitant eater a wild game fanatic.
Impress family and friends with this pheasant recipe. It’s easy enough that anyone can do it, but it will look like it was done by a professional chef. Travis Frank, a good friend of Walton’s Inc, shared it with us. You may know Travis from the popular hunting TV show The Flush! The combination of the cream cheese and bacon will make even the most hesitant eater a wild game fanatic!
Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Pheasant
Ingredients
Pheasant Breast (boneless skinless)
Bacon
Cream Cheese
Terrapin Ridge Farms Jam
Excalibur Smokehouse BBQ Rub
Equipment
Tenderizing mallet
Plastic Wrap or Disposable/Flexible cutting mat
Instructions
Lay pheasant out flat on a cutting board and cover with plastic wrap or flexible cutting board
Pound breast until flat; to assist in this, make sure your strikes are angled toward the edges
Mix cream cheese with Terrapin Ridge Farm jam, or other seasoning/additive you have decided to use
Place a dollop of the cream cheese in the middle of the pheasant breast and roll the breast around the cream cheese
Sprinkle Excalibur Smokehouse BBQ all over the outside of the pheasant (this can be done after wrapped in bacon if you choose)
Wrap bacon around the breast and hold in place with a toothpick
Smoke for 30 minutes at 225° with dampers open and no smoke or humidity
Add smoke and humidity and smoke until internal temperature is 165°
Remove toothpicks and serve hot!