Valentina Harris

Toresani Allo Spiedo

Pigeons with Juniper Berries

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Recipes from an Italian Farmhouse
Recipes from an Italian Farmhouse

By Valentina Harris

Published 1995

  • About

Toresani is the Venetian word used to describe a particular variety of pigeon, also called Torraioli. I have found this dish works with any type of pigeon and that the essential part of the dish is that you must cook on a spit, either in the oven or outside over an open fire or barbecue.

Ingredients

  • 10 juniper berries
  • 2 dried bay leaves
  • salt and pepper
  • 4

Method

Crush the juniper berries in a mortar along with the bay leaves and some salt and pepper. Add the olive oil and mix together.

Dip the rosemary branch in the flavoured oil and paint the inside of each bird with the oil. Cut the fat into 4 strips and wrap a strip around each bird with the oil. Secure it in place with string, then thre

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