To Stew Pigeons
four pigeonsIngredients
Directions
Prepare and brown
Stuff the pigeons as you would for roasting.
Brown them in a frying pan.
Stew
Stew the browned pigeons in brown gravy.
Add ½ cup of port wine and a few forcemeat balls.
Serve
Serve four pigeons as a nice dish for an entree.
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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What each ingredient does
- Pigeons
- Main protein; browning them first adds savoury flavour before stewing.
- Brown gravy
- Provides the moist, savoury liquid that the pigeons stew in.
- Port wine
- Adds sweetness and depth to the gravy.
- Forcemeat balls
- Add a soft, rich texture and body to the stew.
The step that matters
Browning the pigeons. Browning triggers Maillard reactions, which create deeper savoury flavours on the surface of the meat. Skipping or rushing this step leaves the stew tasting flatter, because the gravy cannot make up for the missing browned flavour.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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