Palombacci sui Crostini

Name: Palombacci sui Crostini (Wood Pigeon on Toast)
Yield: Makes 12 crostini
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 3 wood pigeon, ready cleaned, with livers; 12 salted capers, soaked and drained; 12 slices of good country white bread; 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 glasses of red wine; a few sage leaves; 1 tbsp salted capers, soaked and drained; 1 garlic clove; 3 anchovy fillets in oil, drained; salt and pepper; salt and pepper

Wood Pigeon on Toast

Preparation info

Makes
12
crostini

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio – The Collection

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2012

About

“Now famous throughout the world, crostini are a type of canapé and consist of slices of toasted bread, which serve as a base for all sorts of spreads. They are very popular topped with liver, but here is a special Tuscan version made with wood pigeon.”

Ingredients

3 wood pigeon, ready cleaned, with livers
12 slices of good country white bread
12 salted capers

Europe
Italy
Starter
Tuscany
Mediterranean

Method

Blend all the ingredients for the marinade in a liquidiser and pour into a bowl. Add the pigeons and leave to marinate for a few hours.

Preheat the oven to 220°C/Gas 7.

Remove the birds from the marinade and