Roast Pheasant - cooking recipe

Ingredients

salt
1 whole young pheasant
1 bay leaf
3 to 4 celery leaves
4 slices bacon
1/3 c. salad oil
1/2 c. mushroom pieces
1 large onion, sliced

Preparation

Thoroughly salt pheasant inside and out.
Fill cavity with bay leaf and celery leaves.
Wrap pheasant breast with bacon.
Secure in place with string.
Place pheasant in roaster.
Pour salad oil over pheasant.
Add mushrooms and onion slices.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Turn pheasant at 30 minute intervals, basting with drippings from pan.
Place on platter; remove string, celery leaves and bay leaf.
Garnish with spiced apples and parsley.