Pintade à la Sicilienne (Guinea Fowl, Sicilian Style)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 guinea fowl
- lasagne à la Sicilienne
- a few tomatoes
- Consommé
- sauce Tomate
- lamb sweetbreads
- butter
Instructions
- Garnish the guinea fowl with lasagne à la Sicilienne.
- Pot-roast it in the ordinary way, adding a few pressed and chopped tomatoes, and keep it underdone.
- When it has reached that point, take the bird out; let the pot-roasting liquor down with a little Consommé, reduce it, and remove the fat thoroughly.
- Pass it through a tammy together with the vegetables and add this coulis to an equal quantity of sauce Tomate.
- Glaze the guinea fowl and dish it, surrounded with lamb sweetbreads crumbed à l'anglaise and tossed in butter.
- Serve the sauce Tomate, with the pot-roasting liquor added to it, separately.