Best Guinea Fowl Recipes

POT-ROASTED GUINEA FOWL WITH SAGE, CELERY AND BLOOD ORANGE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Remove any excess fat from the cavity of each guinea fowl. Wash thoroughly inside and out and pat dry with paper towels. Rub the cavity with a little salt. Cut off the two ends of the oranges, stand them on end and carefully slice off the skin (once you have removed one piece of skin you can see where the flesh meets the skin). Slice the oranges into five or six rounds each. Remove the tougher outside ribs of the celery until you reach the white, dense bulb and slice across thinly.
• Put in a bowl, mix in the thyme and a small pinch of salt and pepper, then stuff the cavity of each guinea fowl with this filling. Pull the skin at the front of each guinea fowl's cavity forward, to cover the filling, and tightly tie/truss up.
• Heat a thick-bottomed pan and add the olive oil and the guinea fowl, the skin of which has been rubbed in sea salt and pepper. Cook until lightly golden on all sides, then add the garlic, butter and sage and cook for 3-4 minutes until golden brown. Add the wine at intervals, enough to keep the pan slightly moist at all times. Place in the oven for 45 minutes, checking every 10-15 minutes and just topping up the wine as necessary. The guinea fowl will be roasted and partially steamed.
• When cooked, carefully remove from the oven and place upside down on a dish, allowing all the juices and moisture to relax back into the breast meat for at least 5 minutes. While your meat is resting, make the gravy.
• Remove all the fat from the roasting pan and place the pan on gentle heat. In the bottom of the pan will be your cooked, soft, sweet, whole garlic cloves and some gorgeous sticky stuff--when this gets hot, scoop out the stuffing from the guinea fowl cavity and add to the pan with about 2/3 cup of wine. As the wine boils and steams, scrape all the goodness with a spoon from the bottom of the pan into the liquor. When it has all dissolved, leave to simmer gently. Squash the cooked garlic out of their skins with a spoon (discard the skins); this will also thicken the gravy slightly, as well as give it flavor. Pour any of the juices that have drained out of the rested birds into the pan with the gravy, simmer and season to taste. Serve the guinea fowl with roast potatoes and any simply cooked green vegetable--spinach, kale, bok choy or broccoli.

ONE-POT ROAST GUINEA FOWL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Toss the vegetables with the oil and some seasoning in a large flameproof roasting tin. Place the bird on top of the veg, smear with 1 tbsp butter and lay the rashers in a row over the breast. Season generously, then roast for 40 mins.
• Remove from the oven and give the veg a stir while adding the garlic and thyme. Pour 200ml stock and the wine over the veg and return to oven to roast for another 40 mins until the bird is cooked through and the juices run clear.
• Remove the bird, place on a serving plate, cover with foil to keep warm and leave to rest. Turn the oven up to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and roast the veg for a further 15 mins until tender.
• Remove the veg with a slotted spoon and transfer to the serving plate with the bird. Mix 2 tsp butter and flour in a small bowl to form a smooth paste. Place the roasting tin with all the cooking juices, plus any resting juices, on the hob. Whisk the paste and redcurrant jelly into the juices until dissolved, then add the remaining stock and extra seasoning, if you like. Bubble for a few mins until the sauce thickens. Slice and serve the guinea fowl, crisp bacon and the veg with the sauce on the side.

ROAST GUINEA FOWL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Wash birds and pat dry. Gently loosen the skin of each fowl's breast and place flat-leaf parsley leaves under it. Fill birds with stuffing, truss with butcher's twine, and place in a foil-lined roasting pan. Melt butter and brush birds; sprinkle with salt and pepper, and surround with the chervil, parsley, and garlic.
• Roast for 15 minutes. Add wine to pan and brush birds again with melted butter. Reduce heat to 400 degrees and roast for 1 hour. Cover with foil and roast for 15 to 30 minutes more.

ROAST GUINEA FOWL WITH CHESTNUT, SAGE & LEMON STUFFING

Steps:

• First make the stuffing. Soften the onion in the butter very gently, then stir in the sage and cook for 2 mins more. Scrape into a bowl with the chopped walnuts, breadcrumbs, lemon zest, mace, chestnuts and egg and mix together well. Season generously.
• For the guinea fowl, wash and wipe out the inside cavity. Mix the butter with some seasoning, then push and spread some under the skin over the breasts, and rub the rest over the legs. Lay the bacon across the breasts, smoothing over, and season with some more pepper. Push the stuffing into the cavity (any extra can be rolled into balls and baked in the oven for the last 20 mins cooking time). You can cover and chill the guinea fowl now for up to 24 hours.
• To roast, bring the bird out of the fridge 30 mins before. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Sit the bird in a snug roasting tin with the sliced onion underneath. Roast for 15 mins, then lower the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and roast for a further 35-45 mins for a 1kg bird (or longer if bigger - use the timings for a roast chicken). Check the bird is done by piercing the inside of the thigh with a knife and making sure the juices are clear, not bloody. Lift the guinea fowl off the onions, onto a platter. Loosely cover with foil, top with a towel (to keep it warm), and rest while you make the gravy.
• Pour off the juices from the roasting tray into a jug or bowl, and allow to settle. Spoon a tbsp of the fat on top back into the roasting tray, pop on the hob over a low heat (make sure your roasting tray is suitable or transfer contents to a pan), and stir in the flour until it isn't dusty anymore. Gradually stir in the stock, plus any meat juices after you've discarded the rest of the fat, and bubble gently until thickened. Season with salt, pepper, and pinches of sugar if it needs it, then strain into a gravy jug and discard the onions. Serve with the guinea fowl, spooning out the stuffing as you carve, plus cranberry sauce and plenty of vegetables.

GUINEA-FOWL (OR CHICKEN) WITH FENNEL, POTATOES AND BLOOD ORANGES

Steps:

• Cut the guinea-fowl legs away from the breast meat. This is because they take different times to cook, and you want to get it perfect.
• MARINADE----------------------.
• Bash up the fennel seeds, half the rosemary, half the thyme and the garlic in a pestle and mortar.
• Mix in the gin and the zest and juice of the oranges with 5 tablespoons of olive oil.
• Season with black pepper only.
• Get yourself a big sandwich bag (or something similar, Jamie suggests a clean (!) bin liner). Make sure there are no holes in it.
• Push the guinea-fowl legs and breasts down into one corner of the bag, then add the marinade.
• Squeeze out all the air you can and tie a knot in the bag. Put it in a bowl or on a large plate and keep it in the fridge for a day, turning the bag over when you remember.
• GET READY TO ROAST---------------.
• Preheat your oven to 250°C / 450°F / gas 8.
• Parboil the potatoes in boiling salted water for about 5 minutes, then add the fennel, continue to boil for five minutes more and drain.
• Remove the guinea fowl from the fridge, drain away the marinade, and place the meat on a board.
• Use a piece of kitchen towel to blot off any excess moisture from the meat.
• ROAST----------------------.
• Put the legs into a big roasting tray and roast in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
• Take the tray out of the oven - you should have a nice bit of fat in the bottom. Remove the legs to a plate.
• Put the potatoes, fennel and the rest of the thyme and rosemary into the tray and give it a really good shake about.
• Put the legs back in the tray, along with the breast meat, which should be skin side up.
• Place in the oven for about 30 minutes, until both the skin of the breast meat and the potatoes are nice and golden.
• Remove from the oven, sprinkle with olives and allow to rest for 5 minutes.
• SERVE---------------------.
• To serve, cut the guinea-fowl into chunks.
• Divide a bit of everything between you plates and sprinkle with the herby fennel tops.
• TRY THIS------------------.
• Make a blood orange dressing with the juice of an orange and the same amount of olive oil.
• Season and drizzle it over everything.

POT-ROAST GUINEA FOWL WITH LENTILS, SHERRY & BACON

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. In a roomy flameproof casserole dish, heat the oil and butter until foaming. Season the guinea fowl all over. Spend a good 10 mins gently frying it on all sides until browned, then remove to a plate.
• Fry the bacon in the same dish until starting to colour, then add the carrot, onion, celery and bay, and fry for 10 mins until the vegetables have softened. Stir in the lentils, pour over the sherry and chicken stock to just cover, and add the tarragon. Nestle the bird back among the lentils, breast-side up, cover with a lid and put in the oven for 1 hr.
• While the bird is roasting, make the sauce. Bring the cream and lemon juice to the boil and season. Remove from the heat, add the herbs, purée with a hand blender and set aside.
• When the guinea fowl is ready, remove from the dish and give the lentils a good stir. Add the mustard and a drizzle of olive oil to the lentils, then transfer them to a serving plate. Place the guinea fowl on top and serve with the sauce alongside.

POT-ROAST GUINEA FOWL WITH CABBAGE & BACON

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Heat the butter in a large flameproof casserole and brown the guinea fowl all over. Remove and set aside.
• Add the lardons to the pan, cook for 2-3 mins until beginning to turn golden. Add the celery, carrot and onion and cook for 5 mins. Then stir in the cabbage and cook for 5 mins more.
• Add the juniper berries, wine and stock, then sit the guinea fowl on top. Bring to a simmer then cover tightly and roast in the oven for 1 hr 15 mins, until the bird is cooked through.

SPICED GUINEA FOWL

Steps:

• Prepare the sauce by combining all the ingredients in a food processor or blender.
• Put the guinea fowl skin side down in a baking dish and pour the sauce over.
• Cover the dish with plastic-wrap and leave in a cool place until you are ready to cook.
• You can do this as far ahead as the night before and refrigerate it.
• Pre-heat the oven to moderate.
• Discard the wrap and cover the dish with with a lid or foil.
• Cook in the center of the oven for 20 minutes.
• Remove the lid or foil, and turn the birds.
• Cook uncovered for a further 20 minutes, basting once or twice with the sauce.
• Transfer the birds to serving plates, season the sauce and spoon a little over each of the portions.
• Serve the rest seperately.
• This is good served with steamed rice, and it's a good way to cook pheasant or chicken quarters.

TRUFFLE-STUFFED GUINEA FOWL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Peel and very finely slice the truffle. Loosen the breast skin of the bird, smear most of the butter underneath, then place half the truffle slices under the skin. Heat the rest of the butter in a casserole dish, brown bird on all sides, place the bird, breast side up, in oven, then cook for 30 mins.
• While the bird is roasting, tip the potatoes into a pan of water and bring to the boil. Tip in the shallots and bacon, simmer everything for 2 mins, then drain.
• Remove bird from the oven and lift from the pan. Tip potatoes, shallots and bacon into the casserole dish and toss in the juices. Nestle the bird among the vegetables and return to oven for 30-40 mins. When the bird is done, remove from the oven to rest, but cook the vegetables for a further 15 mins. Scoop vegetables into a serving bowl and scatter with the rest of the truffle. Serve the bird with potatoes drizzled with truffle oil.

GUINEA FOWL WITH MUSTARD & LEMON ROOTS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Wipe the guinea fowl and season all over with salt and pepper, place in a large roasting tray and pop in the oven. Finely grate the lemon zest and scrape into a large bowl. Add the mustard and oil and mix well. Halve the lemon and put it inside the bird.
• Meanwhile, peel the carrots and potatoes, then cut them into thick chunks. Cut the leeks into 3-4 pieces, depending on their length. Add all the veggies to the bowl with the oil and mustard, and mix until well coated.
• When the guinea fowl has been roasting for 30 mins, add the veggies around the bird, sprinkle with a little salt and return to the oven for a further 45 mins.
• Splash the wine around the bird and over the veggies and put the bacon over the bird. Return to the oven for a further 15-20 mins, until the bacon is crisp and the veggies are tender.

LEMON ROAST GUINEA FOWL WITH JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Toss the Jerusalem artichokes, shallots and caulifower with the rapeseed oil, garlic and 2 thyme sprigs in a large roasting tray and season. Squeeze over one lemon half, cut in half and throw it in. Roast in the oven while you prepare the guinea fowl.
• Bring the chicken stock to a gentle boil with the bay leaf. Submerge the guinea fowl, breast-side down, bring back to a gentle boil and poach for 5 mins. Using tongs, carefully remove the guinea fowl from the stock, cautiously pouring any stock from its cavity. Remove to a plate and pat dry. Pour about 500ml (to make extra sauce for the end) of the stock into a smaller pan, turn the heat up and boil until it's reduced by two thirds, then remove from the heat. Freeze the rest of the stock for another time.
• Once it's cooled a little, place the bay leaf and two sprigs of thyme inside the bird with the butter and remaining lemon half. Rub with a little rapeseed oil and season well with salt and pepper. Take the pan of vegetables out of the oven and top with the guinea fowl, return the pan to the oven and roast for 30 mins more, or until the bird is cooked and golden and the artichokes and cauliflower leaves are crispy and cooked through. Remove from the oven, and transfer the bird to a plate to rest, pouring any juices into the reduced stock. Rest the bird for at least 15 mins. Add the white wine to the reduced stock and boil hard for about 10 mins, until reduced and syrupy. Stir in the redcurrant jelly. Season to taste. Carve the bird and serve with the Jerusalem artichokes and cauliflower, with the sauce to pour over.

GUINEA FOWL WITH ROAST CHESTNUTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Season the guinea fowl or chicken inside and out, halve the lemon, then put inside the bird with the bay leaves and 2 thyme sprigs. Set in a roasting tin, drizzle with a little olive oil, then roast for 15 mins.
• Meanwhile, strip the remaining thyme leaves from their stalks. Mix the potatoes, thyme, garlic and remaining oil, then season. Put potatoes around the bird, then return to the oven for 45 mins. Stir the mushrooms into the potatoes along with the chestnuts. Roast for a further 15 mins until mushrooms are cooked. Spoon vegetables onto a warm platter. Nestle the cooked bird back among veg. Keep warm while you prepare the sauce.
• Boil the pan juices on the hob, add the wine, stock and jelly, then bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the jelly. Boil hard until the sauce is slightly thickened. Taste and add more seasoning if necessary, then pour into a jug and pass round for everyone to help themselves.

POT ROASTED GUINEA FOWL WITH CALVADOS CREAM AND APPLES

Steps:

• heat butter in a large deep saucepan (that has a tight fitting lid for later) on medium heat until it starts to foam, season bird and and brown in hot butter turning the bird using a cloth to protect your hands.
• at this stage when bird is sitting upright again, warm calavdos in a ladle over a direct heat, turn flame out and set to light the warm calvados using a long match and pour over the guinea fowl.
• when flames have died down add shallots and garlic anmd keeping heat low let them soften whilst you prepapre apples .
• remove cores form apples and cut into 1cm rings, asd you slice them add to the pan tucking them all around.
• now pour in the cider, add teh chopped sage and some seasoning, put on tight lid and let it cook very gently for one hour.
• When the bird is cooked remove and take to carving board and cover, simmer apples til liquid has almost evaporated, then add the cream the apples giving it a good shake, then turn heat off.
• crave guinea folw and arrange on serving platter, spoon the apples and a few sage leaves to garnish.

STUFFED BREAST OF GUINEA FOWL CARAMELIZED IN HYDROMEL WINE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Remove the breasts from the guinea fowls and set them aside. Chop up the carcasses and legs and brown the pieces in a roasting pan in the oven, this should take about 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and place in a large stock pot.
• Coarsely chop up all the vegetables and put them in the pot with the browned carcass pieces. Add the garlic, the bouquet garni, the fresh thyme, and the tomato paste. Cover with water by about 2-inches. Bring to a simmer, and cook until reduced by half. Keep in mind that the slower the simmer, the better tasting the glaze will be. Once simmered, strain the contents to keep only the juices and the broth and viola! The base for your sauce.
• In a frying pan, melt the butter and incorporate the honey. When the mixture becomes thick and foamy, quickly brown the 4 reserved breasts on both sides, taking care not to let the honey blacken. Finish cooking the breasts in the oven on a baking sheet, about 10 minutes. To the pan, add the chopped shallots and cook for 2 minutes. Deglaze the pan with the hydromel wine, reducing for 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1 cup of the sauce base and cook until the mixture has slightly thickened. Add the dried cranberries at the last moment.
• Set the guinea fowl breasts on a plate dress it with gravy.

PEPPER-SEARED GUINEA FOWL WITH NEW POTATO CREPE

Steps:

• Using a sharp boning knife, remove each breast half from the guinea fowl and cut into 6 boneless breasts with wing handles. Do not remove the skin. Cover breasts and refrigerate until ready to roast.
• Again using the boning knife, cut down through the leg joint removing all 6 legs form the fowl. Carefully remove skin, fat, and tendons. Make a deep cut, lengthwise, down each leg and scrape the meat away from the bone. Cut the leg meat into strips 2 inches long by 1/4-inch thick. Cover and refrigerate.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place guinea carcasses in a roasting pan in preheated oven and roast for 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven. Drain off all fat. Using a cleaver, crack carcasses into small pieces and set aside. Place roasting pan over medium-high heat. Add wine and cook, stirring constantly, for about 3 minutes to deglaze pan.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the mirepoix and sachet and saute for 3 minutes. Add the reserved roasted guinea bones, scrape mixture from the pan and reserve. Add wine and cook for 10 minutes. Raise heat and add 3 cups of chicken stock.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from heat and strain through a fine sieve into a clean saucepan. Skim all fat and any particles from the top. Return to medium heat and cook for about 15 minutes, or until reduced to 1 1/2 cups. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Peel potatoes. Place them in a medium saucepan with water to cover over medium-high heat. Add salt to taste. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 12 minutes, or until potatoes are tender when pierced with the point of a sharp knife. Drain well. Cut, crosswise, into thin slices. Set aside.
• Peel onion and slice it, crosswise, into thin slices. Set aside.
• Remove leg meat from the refrigerator. Season lightly with salt and pepper to taste. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. When very hot but not smoking, add the meat and saute for 4 minutes. Stir in the remaining cup of stock and cook for about 15 minutes, or until meat is very tender and the liquid has reduced to a glaze. Remove from heat and scrape into a mixing bowl. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in the same saute pan over medium heat. Add onion and saute for 5 minutes, or until lightly browned. Stir in potatoes and saute for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add to meat. Stir in 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
• Lay the crepes out on a clean, flat surface. Using a pastry brush, lightly coat one side with melted butter. Divide potato stuffing into 6 equal portions and place a portion in the center of each crepe. Fold the sides of the crepes over the filling. Starting from one open end, roll up each crepe to make a firm but not tight cylinder. Again, brush them with melted butter. Place on a small nonstick baking sheet and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Remove breasts from refrigerator. Season generously with coarse salt and cracked pepper. Heat vegetable oil in a saute pan large enough to hold the 6 breasts over medium-high heat. When very hot, place the breasts, skin-side down, in pan. Sear for 5 minutes, or until lightly browned. Turn and cook for 4 minutes. Remove to a baking sheet and place in the preheated oven along with the crepes. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until meat is just cooked and crepes are golden.
• Melt the tablespoon of butter in the same saute pan over medium heat, stirring constantly to scrape up solids from the bottom of the pan. Add morels and saute for 6 minutes, or until tender. Lay the crepes out on a clean, flat surface. Using a pastry brush, lightly coat one side with melted butter. Divide potato stuffing into 6 equal portions and place a portion in the center of each crepe. Fold the sides of the crepes over the filling. Starting from one open end, roll up each crepe to make a firm but not tight cylinder. Again, brush them with melted butter. Place on a small nonstick baking sheet and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Remove breasts from refrigerator. Season generously with coarse salt and cracked pepper. Heat vegetable oil in a saute pan large enough to hold the 6 breasts over medium-high heat. When very hot, place the breasts, skin-side down, in pan. Sear for 5 minutes, or until lightly browned. Turn and cook for 4 minutes. Remove to a baking sheet and place in the preheated oven along with the crepes. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until meat is just cooked and crepes are golden.Melt the tablespoon of butter in the same saute pan over medium heat, stirring constantly to scrape up solids from the bottom of the pan. Add morels and saute for 6 minutes, or until tender. Add reduced stock, remaining 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley, and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer and cook for 2 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning. Reduce heat to very low to keep sauce warm.
• Remove crepes and breasts from oven. Lay one crepe in the center of each of 6 warm dinner plates. Angle a breast against each crepe. Spoon a generous portion of sauce over the crepe and fowl. Garnish with a sprig of fresh parsley and serve immediately.

ROASTED GUINEA FOWL WITH CHAPELURE DE LEGUMES AND APPLE CIDER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 150 degrees F.
• To make the vegetable flakes, set a mandoline over a large bowl. Slice 1 fennel bulb paper-thin, then slice 1 onion, 1/2 of the celery root, and 1 of the apples to the same thickness. Switch to a vegetable peeler, and working over the same bowl, peel 1 carrot into thin ribbons. Mix the vegetables and spread them evenly on a baking sheet. Place the sheet in the oven to dry the vegetables until completely brittle, about 2 1/2 hours. (If you have an oven with a convection function, this will shorten the drying time to 1 hour.)
• Transfer the vegetables to the work bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade and pulse until reduced to flakes. Store, covered, at room temperature. This can be done 1 day ahead.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• To prepare the birds, halve the remaining fennel, onion, carrot, and celery root, then cut them again into several small wedges. Place them in a large baking dish along with the potatoes and garlic. Generously season with salt and pepper. Drizzle with 3 tablespoons of the olive oil and mix to coat.
• Season the guinea fowl with salt and pepper inside and out. Stuff the cavities with whole sprigs of thyme. Rub them all over with the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Place the birds on the bed of vegetables. Roast, uncovered, for 45 minutes, basting occasionally with pan juices.
• Cut the remaining apple into several wedges and add it to the roasting pan. Continue roasting and basting until the skin on the birds turns golden brown, another 20 minutes. Remove the birds from the oven, sprinkle them generously with dried vegetable flakes, then continue to roast until the juices run clear, another 10 minutes. Transfer the birds and roasted vegetables to a serving platter. Cover loosely with foil and let rest while preparing the sauce.
• To make the pan sauce, pour the pan juices into a small saucepan. Skim and discard as much fat off the top as possible. Over medium-low heat, deglaze the roasting pan with the cider and simmer for 5 minutes, scraping the bottom of the roasting pan to loosen the browned bits. Add the hot cider from the roasting pan to the pan juices, and over high heat, reduce the liquid by half. Stir in the butter, season with salt and pepper, and pour it into a sauce boat. Sprinkle the birds and the vegetables with persillade. Carve the guinea fowl at the table and serve with the cider sauce.

ROAST GUINEA FOWL WITH BRIE

Steps:

• Season fowl inside and out with pepper.
• Pre-heat the oven to hot.
• Melt the butter in a frying pan until sizzling, and lightly brown the birds on all sides.
• Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Mash the Brie with a fork, and mix with the lemon juice and marjoram.
• Halve the mix and place each half in the cavity of a bird.
• Tuck the wings under the birds, but don't close the cavity.
• Put the birds in a roasting dish, pour the pan juices over and cover loosely with foil.
• Roast in the center of the oven for 35-40 minutes.
• Remove the dish from the oven and halve the birds, discarding the spinal bones.
• Keep the birds warm.
• Stir the port into the pan juices, on the top of the stove and simmer for 2 or 3 minutes.
• Add the cream and stirring constantly, reheat without boiling until the sauce is smoothe and well blended.
• Taste and add the salt if necessary.
• Spoon the sauce over the birds and serve at once.

GUINEA FOWL

Steps:

• Split guinea fowl or poussins. Remove wing portions and backbones. Bone breasts and thighs, leaving breast and thigh pieces attached with skin. Place each piece in a separate zip-top plastic freezer bag and spoon in 2 tablespoons fat. Add a pinch of pepper, sugar and salt to each, expel air from the bags, seal. Squeeze to mix.
• For chicken jus: Boil chicken stock in a saucepan until reduced to about 1 1/2 cups. Add port and boil until mixture is syrupy and reduced to 2/3 cup, about 20 minutes. Season with soy sauce, walnut oil and salt.
• For bread sauce: Place bread, garlic, salt, pepper and sugar in a food processor and blend into crumbs. Drizzle in oil and blend into a paste.
• For parsley oil: Combine oil and parsley in a blender and purée.
• Heat 3 quarts of water in a 5-quart saucepan to 140 degrees. Place the fowl packets in the water, cover and cook 35 minutes, until you can push your finger into the thigh of the bird. Do not test flesh through the skin side. Remove from bags and arrange on a foil-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with sea salt and broil until golden on each side, about 8 minutes total.
• Reheat jus. Divide the spinach and daikon among 4 plates and drizzle with 2 tablespoons jus. Top each with a half fowl, then the remaining jus. Drizzle with parsley oil and arrange a leek half over top. Place the potatoes, beans and a dollop of bread sauce to the side.

ROASTED GUINEA FOWL WITH ROMESCO

Steps:

• Make the brine the day before you want to cook the guinea fowl. Pour 1 litre water into a large saucepan with the beer, salt and chillies. Bring to the boil, then leave to cool. Put the guinea fowl in a roasting tin, pour over the brine and leave to marinate overnight.
• The next day, remove the bird from the brine and pat dry with kitchen paper. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/ gas 7. For the infused oil, put the garlic, oil and paprika in a small saucepan. Bring to the boil, then remove from the heat and leave to cool.
• Put the peppers on a baking tray and roast for 20-25 mins until blistered and slightly charred. Wrap in cling film and leave to cool, then deseed each one and peel off the skins. Reduce oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
• Dip the rosemary brush in the infused oil, brush all over the bird and season. Roast for 50 mins, basting every 15 mins with the herby oil.
• Meanwhile, put all the romesco ingredients in a food processor with some seasoning and blend to make a pesto-like dressing. The guinea fowl is cooked once the juices run clear. Rest for 10 mins, then serve on a platter with lemon wedges, peppery salad leaves and the romesco.

POT-ROAST GUINEA FOWL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 F. Over medium heat, melt the oil and butter in a cast iron skillet. Lightly brown the guinea fowls all over and remove from the pan.
• Place the chopped vegetables in the skillet. Season the guinea fowls and place two slices bacon on each one. Set them in the skillet, cover and roast in oven for about 45 minutes or until birds are tender.
• Place the birds on a serving dish and keep warm. Pour the cider, stock and tomato paste into the skillet and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Strain the vegetables out, adjust the seasoning and thicken if required with a little corn starch dissolved in water. Serve this gravy in a sauce boat with the guinea fowls. Garnish with roast chestnuts and bacon curls.