Ann Taruschio, Franco Taruschio

Guinea Fowl Cooked in Clay

Faraona alla Greta

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Leaves from The Walnut Tree: Cooking of a Lifetime
Leaves from The Walnut Tree

By Ann Taruschio and Franco Taruschio

Published 1993

  • About

Ingredients

  • 1 guinea fowl, weighing about 1½ kg/3½ lb
  • 4 slices

Method

About 1.1 kg/2½ lb of clay is needed to cover the bird. Make sure that the thickness of the clay is the same all round and that there are no holes or weak spots. Cooking in clay is a very old method