6 pigeons or squabs (about 5
-pounds d; rawn weight)
6 livers from birds
1/2 ts salt
1/4 ts pepper
2 ts parsley
1 butter or margarine
1 lb sirloin or round steak cut
-paper th; in
1/2 lb mushrooms, chopped
1 c chopped parsley
4 hard-cooked egg yolks
1 1/2 c brown gravy (13.4 oz can)
1 ******puff pastry*******
1 c butter
2 c sifted cake flour
1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water
Rinse the birds in cold water, drain and pat dry. Chop the livers and mix
with salt, pepper, and parsley. Place some of the liver mixture and a dot
of butter in each bird. Truss the birds. Line the bottom of a 14- x 9- x
2-inch baking dish with the beef, then with a layer of mushrooms and
parsley. Set the birds on this, separating each from the other with
hard-cooked egg yolks. Pour the brown gravy over the birds. Cover the top
of the baking dish with puff pastry, being sure to secure edges. Make
gashes or a design down the center of the pastry. Bake in a 450*F. oven
8-10 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown, and the birds are cooked.
Makes 6 servings.
PUFF PASTRY********
Allow half of butter to soften. Cut remaining butter into flour with 2
knives scissors-fashion or with pastry blender until all the tiny particles
of fat are coated with flour. Add ice water a little at a time, toss with
fork, use only enough water to hold ingredients together.
On lightly floured board roll out dough 1/4-inch thick and square shaped.
Spread two thirds of dough with a quarter of the softened butter; fold
unbuttered third over center third and fold remaining buttered third over
to cover first third, buttered side down. (You should have 3 layers of
dough with butter between each layer.) Roll the dough to about 1/4-inch
thickness and make it square again. Spread with another quarter of the
butter. Fold as before; chill thoroughly (about 1 hour each time). Roll,
spread with butter, fold and chill 2 more times. Roll into rectangle large
enough to fit top of casserole. Bake in 450*F. oven 8-10 minutes, then
reduce heat heat to 350*F. and bake as directed in Pigeon Pie or longer
until golden and puffed.
1 BULLOCK, Hellen Duprey
Recipes of Ante Bellum
America. Heirloom
Publishing Company.
New York.
MM Format by John Hartman Indianapolis, IN
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Yields
1 pie