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Pigeon wrapped in filo pastry with Parma ham, morels, asparagus and cauliflower purée
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Pigeon wrapped in filo pastry with Parma ham, morels, asparagus and cauliflower purée

51 ingredients 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Small game birds like pigeon are best cooked very quickly or very slowly. This recipes does both, with tons of flavour from mushrooms and Parma ham.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1479
Calories
105g
Protein
91g
Fat
58g
Carbs

Counts 23 of 28 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 23 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Duck 100g cooked with skin 337
Pork 100g cooked 242
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Broccoli 1 cup chopped (156g) 55
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Asparagus 6 spears (90g) 27
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Porcini not in our table 0
Truffle not in our table 0
Pastry not in our table 0
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 x pigeons
  • legs and wings (from above) pigeon
  • sea salt
  • few sprigs thyme
  • 100g/3½oz duck fat
  • 100g/3½oz baby spinach
  • 50g/2oz unsalted butter
  • 4 x pigeon
  • 5 x chicken wings
  • 500ml/18fl oz red wine
  • 3 carrots
  • 3 celery
  • 1 onion
  • 2-3 whole garlic cloves
  • 10g juniper berries
  • few sprigs thyme
  • olive oil
  • 500ml/18fl oz brown chicken stock
  • knob of butter
  • 1 tsp 10-year-old balsamic vinegar
  • 1 whole cauliflower
  • 50ml/2fl oz full fat milk
  • 250ml/9fl oz double cream
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 x pigeon
  • unsalted butter
  • 150g/5½oz baby spinach
  • 2 sprigs thyme
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 100g/3½oz porcini mushrooms
  • 1 tbsp English mustard
  • 8 slices freshly shaved black truffle
  • 4 slices Parma ham
  • 2 sheets filo pastry
  • 1 free-range egg
  • , for shallow frying rapeseed oil
  • 4 x pigeon
  • rapeseed oil
  • 50g/2oz unsalted butter
  • 2 sprigs thyme
  • 4 x pigeon
  • 1 sprig thyme
  • 4 morels
  • 4 slices Parma ham
  • rapeseed oil
  • 1 bunch of English asparagus
  • 1 garlic
  • 50g/2oz unsalted butter
  • iced water
  • 200g/7oz morels
  • ¼ tsp lemon juice

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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