Squab with Broad Beans, Olives & Sage Leaves

The price of grain-fed squab pigeon is still far too high, as the majority of birds are imported from France. The Italians are now producing them as well but, at the time of writing, no British squab are commercially raised – a lack of initiative for which there seems to be no logical rationale.

If you can’t get the giblets with the squab then use a strong chicken stock reduction for the sauce. The broad beans we use are fresh from the pod, bu