Pigeon with Apple, Passion Fruit and Red Wine Sauce Recipe
Flavors of Italy
Marinating time: 2 hours
Cooking time: About 1 hour
Total time: more than 2 hours
Preparation time: 20 minutesMarinating time: 2 hours
Cooking time: About 1 hour
Difficulty: Average
Ingredients
Ingredients for 4 servings
- 4 Pigeons
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 100 ml (3-1/2 oz.) Passion Fruit juice (preferably fresh)
Pigeon Broth
- 30 g (1 oz.) carrots
- 30 g (1 oz.) celery
- 200 ml (7 oz.) red wine
- 500 ml (2 cups) water
- salt
Pigeon Sauce
- 100 ml (6 tbsp.) pigeon stock
- 50 ml (3-1/3 tbsp.) Port
- 50 ml (3-1/3 tbsp.) red wine
- 20 ml (4 tsp.) sapa (cooked grape must)
Apple
- 1 apple
- 20 g (4 tsp.) sugar
- 100 ml (3-1/2 oz.) passion fruit juice (preferably fresh)
- 50 ml (3-1/3 tbsp.) water
Method
- Take eight breasts with the wing attached, and eight pigeon legs. Marinate them in 100 ml (6 tbsp.) passion fruit juice for 2 hours. Pour off the juice and dry the pigeons with paper towel.
- Heat the extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan; season the pigeon pieces with salt and pepper. Brown on both sides and set aside.
Pigeon stock
- Brown the chopped vegetables in a frying pan with some extra virgin olive oil.
- Place the chopped pigeon carcasses into a 210° C (425° F) oven for 10 minutes.
- Place the browned carcasses and vegetables into a saucepan and cook over moderate heat for 10 minutes. Add the red wine, reduce, add the water and a pinch of salt. Continue reducing until only about 100 ml (6 tbsp.) liquid remains. Strain and set aside.
Pigeon sauce
- Heat a saucepan. Add the Port and reduce to 1/3; add the red wine and reduce to 1/3, add the pigeon stock and sauce and reduce again for 20 minutes.
- Add the sapa (grape must). Strain and set aside.
Cooking the apples
- Put the sugar and peeled quartered apple in a frying pan, add 100 ml (6 tbsp.) passion fruit juice and 50 ml (3 tbsp.) water. Cook the apple for 8 minutes.
- Remove the apple from the frying pan, reduce the juice and set aside in a warm place.
Finishing and Presentation
- Put the browned pigeon in a 200° C (400° F) oven for 4 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let stand for 1 minute.
- On one side of each plate, place an apple wedge drizzled with some of its cooking liquid; then attractively arrange 2 breasts, wings attached, and 2 legs on the plate.
- Spoon on the sauce and garnish with rosemary.
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