Chef Royal :: Roasted Pheasant and Apple Salad with Cracked Pepper-Cider Dressing

Ingredients

• 1 pheasant (2½ - 2¾ lbs.) dressed and legs removed
• ¾ cup molasses
• ¼ cup hot sauce
• 1 small piece ginger, peeled
• 1 shallot
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tablespoon salad oil
• 1 tart crisp apple (Haralson, Granny Smith, Cortland), julienned
• 1 small jicama, julienned
• 1 fennel bulb, julienned
• ½ cup toasted walnuts, chopped
• 1 cup chopped chicories (frisee, radicchio, endive)
• 1 tablespoon chiffonade of flat leaf parsley
• ½ lime, juiced
• 1 ½ cup fresh pressed cider
• 1 small piece ginger, sliced
• 1 piece whole star anise
• ½ cup mayonnaise
• ½ cup sour cream
• ½ of lime, zest and juice
• 1 small shallot, minced
• Aged red wine vinegar
• Sugar
• Salt and Fresh Cracked Pepper