Pierre Koffmann served up a tasty Partridge with Cabbage and Smoked Bacon for the festive season on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.

The ingredients are; 100g unsalted butter, 150g carrots, cut into 7cm batons, 4 garlic cloves, crushed, 150g smoked streaky (fat Canadian) bacon, cut into lardons, 25g duck fat, 150g celeriac (celery root), cut into 7cm batons, 1 savoy cabbage (about 1.5kg/3lb 3oz) dark outer leaves removed, cored and cut into 5mm (1/4in) slices, 100ml double (heavy) cream, 4 young partridges, cleaned 5-6 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 carrot, finely chopped, 1 onion, finely chopped (minced), 1 celery stick, finely chopped, 100ml dry white wine, 200ml hot chicken stock (broth), Salt and pepper.

See recipes by Pierre in the book titled: Classic Koffmann: Pierre Koffmann available from Amazon now.