Stewed Woodcock
Origin: Castile, Spain
Source: Anonymous, 1921
Ingredients
- woodcock
- salt
- manteca (beef lard)
- onion
- 1 jícara (about 3/4 cup) white wine
- 1 jícara (about 3/4 cup) caldo (broth)
- chocolate
Instructions
- Clean the woodcock thoroughly and remove the giblets and liver.
- Season with salt and fry in hot beef lard (manteca).
- In the same lard, fry the finely minced onion.
- Pour over the woodcock one jícara of white wine and one jícara of broth (caldo).
- Crush the cooked liver and giblets in a mortar.
- Add a little chocolate to them and dissolve the mixture with some broth, then combine with the stewing birds.
- Cover and cook over low heat for about two hours, until the birds are at their point (en su punto).