Squab Civet with Fava Bean Cassoulet

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    Main-Course Servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Cooking

By James Peterson

Published 2007

  • About

This is an elaborate and expensive dish that you can simplify by eliminating the fava bean cassoulet or the liver mixture for the sauce, or by forgetting about the sauce entirely. But if you decide to make the complete dish, it will be one of your most impressive. When buying your squabs, try to find birds with all the giblets, including the heart, gizzard, and liver, because you will need them for the sauce. The squabs for this dish are prepared exactly the same way as for Sautéed Squab wi