Fried Pigeons

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (11)
For the pigeons
For frying
For garnish
Instructions (11)
  1. Stew your pigeons in a very little gravy till enough.
  2. Chop small different sorts of flesh (butcher's meat and fowl) according to your fancy.
  3. Season the chopped flesh with beaten mace, cloves, pepper and salt.
  4. Beat the seasoned flesh in a mortar till it is like paste.
  5. Roll your stewed pigeons in the paste.
  6. Roll the coated pigeons in the yolk of an egg.
  7. Roll the egg-coated pigeons in flour and bread crumbs so they stick all over.
  8. Have ready some boiling beef drippings or hog's lard.
  9. Fry the prepared pigeons brown in the boiling fat.
  10. Lay the fried pigeons in your dish.
  11. Garnish with fried parsley.
Original Text
FIRST stew your pigeons in a very little gravy till enough, and take different sorts of flesh according to your fancy, &c. both of butcher’s meat and fowl; chop it small, season it with beaten mace, cloves, pepper and salt, and beat it in a mortar till it is like paste; roll your pigeons in it, then roll them in the yolk of an egg, that flour and crumbs of bread stick all over, have ready some beef drippings or hog’s lard boiling; fry them brown, and lay them in your dish. Garnish with fry’d parsley.
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