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🍽️ Pigeon Wrapped in Pastry

400 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 skinned doves (prepared by the butcher)
• 300 g puff pastry (frozen, thawed)
• 0.5 onion (chopped)
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp white wine
• 100 g chicken liver
• 100 g chanterelles (cleaned)
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• flour (for working)
• 1 egg

Instructions

1. 1. Dice the onions into small cubes.
2. 2. Heat one tablespoon of oil in a pan.
3. 3. Sauté the onions in the hot oil until they become translucent.
4. 4. Deglaze the onions with white wine.
5. 5. Add the chopped liver to the pan.
6. 6. Cook the liver for about two minutes until it is still pink inside.
7. 7. Puree the mixture finely in a blender.
8. 8. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius fan-assisted.
9. 9. Lightly pound the meat flat.
10. 10. Season the meat with salt and pepper.
11. 11. Roughly chop the chanterelle mushrooms.
12. 12. Heat one tablespoon of oil in a pan.
13. 13. Fry the chanterelles in the hot oil.
14. 14. Wait until the liquid from the mushrooms has evaporated.
15. 15. Top the pigeons with the fried chanterelles.
16. 16. Roll up the pigeons.
17. 17. Tie the rolled pigeons securely with kitchen twine.
18. 18. Heat one tablespoon of oil in a frying pan.
19. 19. Sear the pigeons on all sides until browned.
20. 20. Roll out the puff pastry on a floured surface.
21. 21. Cut the pastry into four rectangular pieces.
22. 22. The pieces should be approximately eight by ten centimeters in size.
23. 23. Spread the liver paste onto the pastry pieces.
24. 24. Leave a border of one and a half centimeters free.
25. 25. Place one pigeon on each pastry piece.
26. 26. Wrap the pastry around the pigeon.
27. 27. Seal the pastry well so it does not open.
28. 28. Place the parcels on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
29. 29. Position the parcels with the seam side facing down.
30. 30. Whisk an egg.
31. 31. Brush the pastry with the whisked egg.
32. 32. Bake the pigeons in the oven for about fifteen minutes.
33. 33. Let the pigeons rest briefly before cutting into them.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 400
• Protein: 22 g · Fett/Fat: 28 g · Carbs: 20 g