Pigeon ‘Agates’ with Mint

Agates de palombes à la menthe

Preparation info
  • For

    four

    people
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      35 min

Appears in

By Jean Troisgros and Pierre Troisgros

Published 1978

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Ingredients

  • 2 young wood pigeons
  • 100 g ( oz) best quality lean streaky bacon

Method

  1. Pluck and clean the pigeons, bone them and put the breasts on one side, after taking off the skin. Reserve the carcases.
  2. Cut the bacon into small cubes. Chop the shallot finely and sweat in a little butter without browning for 5 minutes.
  3. Roll the butter into 32 little balls the size of a cherry stone and put them in the freezer.
  4. Mince the ba