Roast Guinea Fowl

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 guinea fowl
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 6 slices fatty bacon
• 3 tablespoons red wine
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to very hot.
• 2 fold the wings behing the bird, and tie the legs loosely together.
• 3 brush with the butter and cover the breasts with the slices of bacon.
• 4 place on a rack set over a baking dish and cook in the center of the oven for 20 minutes per pound.
• 5 transfer the birds to a warmed serving dish and cover.
• 6 add the wine to the pan juices with the lemon juice and boil rapidly for a moment or two.
• 7 adjust the seasoning and serve with the birds.
• 8 discard the bacon.