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Exquisite Pigeon with Creamy Vegetables and Roasted Duck Foie Gras

Ingredients (Serves 2)

  • 1 pigeon
  • 20 g carrots
  • 20 g gourmet peas
  • 20 g mini leeks
  • 20 g mini fennel
  • 20 g beans
  • 20 g shiitake mushrooms
  • 250 g liquid cream
  • 25 cl chicken broth
  • 50 g shallots
  • 1 lobe fresh duck foie gras
  • Butter, salt, pepper, chives

Preparation

  • Preparation time: 40 minutes
  • Cooking time: 25 minutes

Difficulty: Intermediate

  1. Dress, gut, flame, and truss the pigeon.
  2. Peel and clean all vegetables; cook separately and set aside.
  3. From the foie gras lobe, remove the central vein.
  4. Sauté the mushrooms in butter with chopped shallots; season with salt and pepper.
  5. Reduce the chicken broth (25 cl) with the cream.
  6. Season the pigeon and bake in an oven at 200°C.
  7. Pan-fry the foie gras, seasoned with salt and pepper.
  8. Mix the remaining chicken broth with cream; add all vegetables except mushrooms.
  9. Serve in a casserole: pigeon, mushrooms, and poultry jus. Accompany with a separate dish of vegetables in creamy sauce.
  10. At this season, substitute seasonal vegetables like baby turnips, baby onions, or carrots.

Exquisite Pigeon with Creamy Vegetables and Roasted Duck Foie Gras

Source: Food Service Dairy Company