Braised Squirrel Recipe - Great British Chefs

Ingredients

• 6 grey squirrels
• 750ml of red wine
• 1/4 bunch of fresh thyme
• 1/4 bunch of fresh rosemary
• 1/2 head of garlic, peeled and cloves chopped
• 1 leek, cut into 2cm dice
• 1/2 head of celery, cut into 2cm dice
• plain flour, for dusting
• vegetable oil
• 100g of roasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped
• 4 Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
• 50ml of double cream
• 50g of butter
• 1 tbsp of horseradish, freshly grated or creamed, add more or less to taste
• 2 sprout tops, leaves shredded
• 1 knob of butter
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper