Pheasant With Champagne Cabbage Iv Sauce

1 tb Sugar

3 tb Gin

1 1/2 c Stock, Pheasant **

3 tb Wine, red, dry

1/4 c Butter, unsalted, chilled

-- and cut into pieces Salt (to taste) Pepper (to taste) ** See recipes for Pheasant with Champagne Cabbage II (Stock) For Pheasant Sauce: =================== Cook the sugar, without stirring, in small heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until caramelized (about 4 minutes.) Add gin and stock; boil until reduced by half. Add wine and return to a boil. Lower heat and swirl in 1/4 cup of butter, 1 or 2 pieces at a time, until smooth. Adjust seasonings to taste with salt and pepper. Source: New York's Master Chefs, Bon Appetit Magazine : Written by Richard Sax, Photographs by Nancy McFarland : The Knapp Press, Los Angeles, 1985 Chef: Andy Kisler, Vienna 79 Restaurant, New York