Name: Pigeon ‘Agates’ with Mint (Agates de palombes à la menthe)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 34 min
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: thyme, bayleaf, rosemary; 1 tablespoon cognac; 2 g (pinch) pepper; salt; 2 young wood pigeons; ½ shallot; 50 g (1¾ oz) butter; 100 g (3½ oz) best quality lean streaky bacon; 32 mint leaves

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

The Nouvelle Cuisine of Jean and Pierre Troisgros

By Jean Troisgros and Pierre Troisgros

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

2 young wood pigeons
100 g (3½ oz) best quality lean streaky bacon

Method

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