Whole Roast Grouse

Ingredients:

2 grouse
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 lemon
Salt

How to do it:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Remove grouse from the fridge and pat dry. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes while the oven is heating.
2. Halve the lemon and stick each half into the grouse through the rear body cavity. Smear butter all over the grouse (1 to 2 tablespoons per grouse).
3. Place the two grouse in a roasting pan or cast-iron frying pan and roast for 15 minutes in the oven. Turn the heat down to 350 degrees F and turn the grouse on one side. Baste it thoroughly with the melted butter in the pan. Roast for another 10 minutes. Repeat by turning the grouse on the other side. Be sure to baste again. Roast for 10 more minutes.
4. Remove the birds from the oven and let rest on a cutting board, covered in foil, for 10 minutes.

Recipe adapted via Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook