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To Roast Ortolans

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Roast Ortolans

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pick and singe the ortolans, but do not draw them.

  2. Tie the ortolans onto a bird spit.

  3. Roast the ortolans over a fire.

  4. If desired, place slices of bacon between the ortolans, but note that it may spoil their flavor.

  5. Cover the roasted ortolans with bread crumbs.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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