Young Pigeons

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
Source
The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
Time
Cook: 45 min Total: 45 min
Yield
6.0 pigeons
Status
success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (14)
Forcemeat
For cooking pigeons
Instructions (13)
  1. Truss six young pigeons in the same manner as for boiling.
  2. Make a forcemeat for them.
  3. Grate the crumb of half a penny loaf, and scrape a quarter of a pound of fat bacon.
  4. Chop a little parsley and thyme, two shallots, or an onion, some lemon-peel, and a little nutmeg grated.
  5. Season them with pepper and salt, and mix them up with eggs.
  6. Put this forcemeat into the craws of the pigeons.
  7. Lard them down the breast.
  8. Fry them brown.
  9. Put them into a stew-pan, with some good brown gravy.
  10. Stew them for three quarters of an hour.
  11. Thicken the gravy with a piece of butter rolled in flour.
  12. Strain your gravy over them when you serve them up.
  13. Lay forcemeat balls round them.
Original Text
TRUSS six young pigeons in the same manner as for boiling, and make a forcemeat for them thus: Grate the crumb of half a penny loaf, and scrape a quarter of a pound of fat bacon, which will answer the purpose better than suet. Chop a little parsley and thyme, two shallots, or an onion, some lemon-peel, and a little nutmeg grated; season them with pepper and salt, and mix them up with eggs. Put this forcemeat into the craws of the pigeons, lard them down the breast, and fry them brown. Then put them into a stew-pan, with some good brown gravy, and when they have stewed three quarters of an hour, thicken it with a piece of butter rolled in flour. When you serve them up, strain your gravy over them, and lay forcemeat balls round them.
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