Pigeon Croustade

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Game Cookery

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1989

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Ingredients

  • 2 young wood pigeons
  • 4 tablespoons red wine
  • 115 g (

Method

Bone out the breasts from the pigeons, skin them and place in the red wine to marinate. Remove as much flesh as possible from the remaining pigeons and mince or process with the veal and pork fat. Sweat the shallots in the butter for a few minutes then stir in the mushrooms. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper and continue to cook until most of the moisture has evaporated. Stir into the veal mixtu