Pigeons with Garlic

Preparation

1. Clean the pigeons and reserve the livers in a bowl. (The livers of pigeons, unlike those of other birds, do not contain the bitter gall bladder). Singe the birds and remove the neck where it joins the body. Slip 10 g (¼oz) butter into each pigeon and truss them, first cutting the nerve at the joint of the legs so that the