Partridge with Lentils

Name: Partridge with Lentils
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 partridges; ¼ pint chicken stock; ¼ pint dry white wine; 2 carrots, sliced; 1 Spanish onion, sliced; ¼ pound fat salt pork, diced; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 onion, stuck with 2 cloves; 2 cloves garlic; 1 sprig fresh thyme; ¾ pound lentils; 2 sprigs fresh parsley

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Robert Carrier Cookbook

By Robert Carrier

Published 1965

About

Ingredients

2 partridges
salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons butter

Stew
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Clean and prepare partridges in the usual way; then sprinkle cavities with a little salt and freshly ground black pepper, and sauté the birds in a fireproof casserole in butter and oil with diced fat salt pork and sliced onion and carrots. When birds are golden on all sides, add dry white wine and cook until wine is reduced by half. Add chicken stock and season to taste with salt and freshly gr