Chaufroix de Perdreaux.—For this you can use the
red legged partridge with advantage. Roast the
birds carefully, and remove the fillets in one piece;
pick all the meat from the rest of the carcases, and
mince and pound the flesh thus obtained, with one
or two truffles, and a few mushrooms; meanwhile
break up the carcases into rather small pieces, and
put them into a pan with a good claret-glassful of
light white wine, the trimmings of the truffles, the
stems, &c., of the mushrooms, a shallot or more
according to the quantity, and a bay leaf, bring it to
the boil and let it simmer gently till reduced by quite
a quarter, strain it through a clean cloth, and add to