

- 2 butternut squash
- 2 red onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 70g sun dried tomatoes
- 4 vine tomatoes
- A handful of rosemary, leaves only
- 4 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 wild pheasant breasts
- 1 x 40g parmesan
- 800g tin of butter beans
- 200ml boiling water
- 1 tbsp + 2 tsp olive oil
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- Vegetable peeler
- Measuring jug
- Large pan with a lid
- Baking tray
- Frying pan
- 1.
Heat your oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C/Gas 4. Peel the butternut squash and cut in half lengthways. Scoop out and discard the seeds. Chop the squash into bite-sized chunks. Peel and roughly chop the onion. Peel and thinly slice the garlic. Set aside.
- 2.
Finely slice the sun dried tomatoes and pop into a medium-sized bowl. Cover with 200ml boiling water and leave for 5 mins to soften. Roughly chop the fresh tomatoes and add to the bowl , but don’t stir them in.
- 3.
Heat a large pan over a medium heat. Add 1 tbsp oil, the onion and garlic and cook for 5 mins till just softening. Add most of the rosemary leaves, all the squash and 1 tsp smoked paprika. Stir for 1 min. Add the chopped tomatoes and the sun dried tomatoes with their soaking liquid.
- 4.
Stir the veg together, season with salt and pepper, then cover. Cook over a low heat for 20-25 mins till the squash is tender when pierced with a knife.
- 5.
Meanwhile, drain and rinse the butter beans. Set aside. Dust a plate with 1 tsp smoked paprika and some salt and pepper. Rub 1 tsp oil into each pheasant breast, then roll in the paprika seasoning. Set aside on a plate for a few mins.
- 6.
Finely grate half the Parmesan. Take heaped tsps of the Parmesan and make little piles on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Leave space in between each one. Put the tray in the oven and cook for 2-3 mins. The cheese should melt into flat discs. They will harden as they cool.
- 7.
Heat a frying pan over a medium heat. Place the pheasant breasts in the pan and cook for 2 mins on each side. Transfer to a baking tray and cook in the oven for 6 mins. Lift out onto a clean plate, cover loosely with foil and rest for 5 mins.
- 8.
Tip the drained butter beans into the squash pan and cook for 3 mins to warm them through. Taste the squash and bean mix and adjust the seasoning if you think it needs it. Serve with slices of pheasant and the Parmesan crisps.