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Pigeon en croute with confit pigeon leg, celeriac purée and fondant potato
Photo: Lars Blankers

Pigeon en croute with confit pigeon leg, celeriac purée and fondant potato

32 ingredients 2 hr + 2 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Show off this delicious game bird, here wrapped in puff pastry and served with creamy vegetables.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

2004
Calories
144g
Protein
81g
Fat
162g
Carbs

Counts 17 of 21 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Duck 100g cooked with skin 337
Pork 100g cooked 242
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Chicken Liver 100g cooked 165
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Redcurrant not in our table 0
Celeriac not in our table 0
Porcini not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 250g/9oz white flour
  • pinch salt
  • 250g/9oz unsalted butter
  • 125ml/4fl oz ice-cold water
  • 500ml/18fl oz chicken stock
  • ½ glass Marsala wine
  • 8-10 sprigs of thyme
  • 1 tsp redcurrant jelly
  • knob of unsalted butter
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 whole pigeon
  • 250g duck fat
  • 1 celeriac
  • 1 onion
  • 125g/4½oz unsalted butter
  • 250ml/9fl oz double cream
  • 500ml/18fl oz chicken stock
  • 4 medium potatoes
  • 100g/3½oz unsalted butter
  • 3 tbsp duck fat
  • , to moisten chicken stock
  • 4 pigeon
  • 125g/4½oz unsalted butter
  • 50g/2oz dried porcini mushrooms
  • 2 onions
  • 6-8 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 75g/2½ oz fine chicken liver
  • 8 large slices Parma ham
  • 2 free-range eggs
  • 50ml/2fl oz full-fat milk
  • 2 Little Gem lettuces
  • 50g/2oz unsalted butter

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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