Squabs with Green Peas
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Squabs (pigeonneaux)
- Butter
- Lard de poitrine (belly bacon)
- Small onions
- Stock (fonds)
- Sauce Demi-glace
- Green peas
- Bouquet garni
Instructions
- Colour in butter 60 grammes of diced blanched belly bacon and 6 small onions per squab, then drain them.
- Fry the squabs in the same pan.
- Remove the fat and deglaze with a little stock.
- Add the necessary quantity of sauce Demi-glace and a decilitre and a half of green peas per squab.
- Return the bacon and onions to the pan and add a bouquet garni.
- Finish cooking it all together, very gently.