Jeremy Lee’s Grouse & Co.

Grouse is the most noble game bird, heralding autumn on the Glorious 12th of August, before the great game season starts. With only a short season, the more youthful birds in late August and September are the finest. They require only roasting and the good company of simplicity in the shape of bread sauce, buttery breadcrumbs perfumed with sherry and a pâté made from the liver and heart of the bird, spread on a slice of bread fried crisp in the juices from the pan in which the bird was roas