Slow-Cooked Pigeons

• 4 pigeons
• 12 small onions
• 3 rindless rashers lean bacon
• 8

Use an oven-to-table fireproof dish which will allow the pigeons to fit side by side. A cast-iron one is perfect as it can be started on top of the stove, then put into the oven. Peel the onions, cut the bacon into thin strips and wipe the mushrooms. Heat the butter and lightly fry the bacon. Put on a warmed dish, and reserve; cook onions until lightly golden, sprinkling with sugar. Remove to d