Pigeon Breasts with Ravioli Recipe
Flavors of Italy
Cooking time: About an hour
Total time: 1hr to 2hr
Preparation time: 20 minutesCooking time: About an hour
Difficulty: Average
Ingredients
Ingredients for 4 servings
- 2 pigeons, each about 500-600 g (1 lb. 4 oz.)
- 50 g (2 oz.) onion
- 5 tsp. white wine
- 200 ml (3/4 cup) water
- 50 g (2 oz.) butter
- Herbs, olive oil, salt and pepper
- Ravioli dough
Ravioli filling
- 1 shallot
- 20 g (4 tsp.) butter
- 200 g (7 oz.) Pigeon drumsticks, deboned and trimmed
- 50 g (2 oz.) chicken giblets
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) celery, cleaned and "strings" removed
- 100 ml (6 tbsp.) cooking liquid from the pigeon
- see Pasta
Method
- Singe and draw the pigeons. Remove the drumsticks and set them aside with the giblets.
- Brown the pigeons and cook them breast down in 10 g (2 tsp.) of butter for 7 minutes;
- Remove the pan from the heat and let stand for 7 minutes. Remove the breasts and keep them warm.
- Crush the bones and brown them in 50 g of butter with the chopped onion. Add the white wine, reduce, add the water and cook 20 minutes, skimming often. Strain and reduce to a syrupy sauce. Strain again. Whisk in 10 g (2 tsp.) of butter and set aside.
- Dice the drumsticks and giblets. Finely chop the shallot and celery.
- Cook 200 g (7 oz.) of flesh from the drumsticks and 50 g (2 oz.) of giblets with the chopped shallot in 20 g (4 tsp.)of butter; allow to brown, then add the celery and cook for 30 minutes, basting it for the last 10 minutes with 1/3 of the sauce obtained.
- Add 3/4 of the pan drippings from the pigeons and then remove from the heat. Add salt and pepper. Allow to cool.
To make the ravioli
- Mix the ingredients for the ravioli dough on a floured board.
- Roll the dough flat, cut into strips;
- arrange the pigeon filling on it in little mounds to form 28 ravioli.
- Cook the ravioli in boiling salted water; drain and sauté in a pan with the remaining pan drippings from the pigeons.
- Cut the breasts into thin slices, arrange on the plates with the ravioli and add the rest of the sauce.
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Brunello di Montalcino - Riserva Vigna del Fiore
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