Partridge with cider and cabbage recipe | delicious. magazine

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
• 4 streaky bacon rashers, roughly chopped
• 2 oven-ready partridges
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 leek, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
• 300ml medium-dry cider
• 2 tbsp double cream
• ¼ savoy cabbage, finely shredded
• You’ll also need…
• Large heavy-based frying pan or sauté pan suitable for oven cooking
• Digital probe thermometer (we used a Thermapen)