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German Potato Soup with Pheasant and Quail W. Brian rodgers, C.C. Five Star Plantation, llC executive Chef ingredients: Conecuh county sausage, quartered and cubed (Out of the package and cut up) • Pheasant breast, cubed (raw) Quail (Cooked, cooled and meat pulled off bones) 4 cups diced peeled potatoes ¼ to ½ head cabbage, sliced fine 1 small onion, chopped fine 1 carrot, chopped fine 1 bunch celery, chopped fine 1 carton Chicken stock ½ cup heavy cream ½ teaspoon, dried thyme ½ teaspoon, paprika Salt and pepper to taste Accept No Limits | outdoorwomenunlimited.org • in a sauce pan sauté the onion, celery, and carrots. add the potatoes, thyme and cover with chicken stock, bring to a boil then reduce heat, and cook until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes on low heat. add the pheasant, sausage, quail, cabbage and heavy cream. Continue to cook for 10 minutes on low heat. add salt and pepper and check the seasoning. add parsley before you serve as a garnish. if the soup is not as thick as you would like take 1 tbs corn starch and mix it with 3 to 4 tbs water. Bring the soup to a boil and add the corn starch mix a little at a time and stir. When you reach your desired thickness you are ready to serve. if you need more just repeat the process. the soup has to be at a boil. if it becomes too thick just add a little water or heavy cream to loosen the soup. • i did not put an amount of pheasant, quail or sausage. You can add the amount that you would like. the sausage adds flavor and spice. So add that to your taste. the pheasant and quail are the mainstay of the dish so i add enough so every spoonful has game meat in it. You can add as much as you would like. Brian Rodgers is the executive Chef, creates extraordinary entrees from home style southern table fare to Continental cuisine. He features French and Mediterranean flavors at Five Star Plantation Hunting lodge in Kellyton, al. Fall/Winter 2015 | BLAZE | 31