Ingredients
- 2 oven ready grouse
- 12 tsp. rapeseed oil
- 4 tsp. sherry vinegar
- 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp. redcurrant jelly
- Sea salt to taste
- Cracked black pepper to taste
- Handful of watercress
- ¼ Red cabbage very finely slice
- 1 x red onion finely sliced
- 16 x fresh Blackberries
- 2 tsp. chopped toasted almonds
Method
- Pre heat the oven to 180°C fan assisted (gas mark 4) or 200°C without a fan
- Rub the grouse with 2 tsp. oil then season with sea salt & cracked pepper, roast for 15 minutes then leave to rest for 10 minutes covered with foil
- Blend together the remaining oil, mustard & vinegar together with 8 blackberries then season with salt & black pepper to make the vinaigrette
- To assemble toss the onion & cabbage together with the vinaigrette & remaining blackberries then divide between the serving plates
- Carve the grouse into legs breasts, share equally between the plates then finish with the watercress & a sprinkling of chopped almonds
This works perfectly as a starter (for 4), late summer lunch or light supper (for 2)