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Breast of wood pigeon with sweet potato rosti, buttered cabbage and a red wine sauce
Photo: Louis Hansel

Breast of wood pigeon with sweet potato rosti, buttered cabbage and a red wine sauce

12 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 1 openrecipes

This recipe was cooked by amateur chefs as part of the BBC's Step Up to the Plate television programme.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

488
Calories
6g
Protein
26g
Fat
58g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Savoy Cabbage 1 cup shredded (89g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 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

  • ½ sweet potato
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • ½ Savoy cabbage
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 2 pigeon
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 6 juniper berries
  • 200ml/7fl oz red wine
  • 2 sprigs thyme

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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