Pechugas de Pichones con Setas

Name: Pechugas de Pichones con Setas
Yield: Serves six
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: salt and ground black pepper; 60 ml/4 tbsp chopped fresh parsley, to garnish; 150 ml/¼ pint/2-3 cup red wine; salt and ground black pepper; 150 g/5 oz Serrano or other ham, diced; 150 g/5 oz Serrano or other ham, diced; 450 g/1lb/6 cups brown cap (cremini) or small open cap field (portabello) mushrooms (use wild mushrooms, if possible); 450 g/1lb/6 cups brown cap (cremini) or small open cap field (portabello) mushrooms (use wild mushrooms, if possible); 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 450 g/1lb/6 cups brown cap (cremini) or small open cap field (portabello) mushrooms (use wild mushrooms, if possible); 90 ml/6 tbsp olive oil; 1 large onion, chopped; 6 pigeons (or squabs), cleaned; 6 pigeons (or squabs), cleaned; 12 black peppercorns, crushed; 1 large onion, unpeeled, roughly chopped; fried potatoes, to serve; 1 celery stick, roughly chopped; 2 carrots, roughly chopped; 1 bay leaf; 6 tough parsley stalks, snapped or bruised; 4 sprigs of fresh thyme; 1 garlic clove, unpeeled but smashed

Preparation info

Serves
six

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Recipes from My Spanish Grandmother

By Pepita Aris

Published 2013

About

Pigeons are caught in nets as they come skimming through the mountain passes. The sport combines well with mushroom picking - another Spanish diversion. Use the strongest-flavoured mushrooms you can find. The pigeon breasts are cooked in their own rich sauce, then elegantly displayed on the serving dish.

Ingredients

6 pigeons (or squabs), cleaned
90 ml/6 tbsp olive oil

Europe
Spain
Main course
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

First prepare the pigeons. Find the wishbone by pushing your forefinger and thumb in the neck end. It runs up each side; snap it out. Once this is gone, it is easy to take off the breast portions. Cut down on one side of the breastbone with a large knife, then scrape along the rib cage, to get the breast meat off whole. Repeat this, and season the meat.

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