Pigeon recipes

[hacksaw]

Following on from the duck thread, anyone have any good recipes for pigeon? Preferably modern and light meals as apposed to pies.....

My usual is to pan fry lightly and serve with black pudding, apple fritter slice and sauce. Looking for something else to try.

[Mobile Chicane]

That's all I do.

If you can be bothered plucking / skinning the whole bird, try giving them the tandoori treatment, spatchcocked and BBQd.

[Fishtigua]

That's what I do. Don't even bother plucking them, just split the breast skin and whip the meat off whole. Floured and pan seared to leave them pink. A little sticky red wine reduction with loads of caramelised baby onions.

[MKnight702]

I slice the breasts, then pan fry in some seasoned butter. Then remove the pigeon, fry some bread in the fat, reheat the meat and ta da breakfast!

[sherman]

Pan fry the breasts and serve on a sweet potato fritter with a port and blackberry reduction.

[Miguel Alvarez]

Slight thread jack but I've always wondered. Are these regular pigeon you see in a town centre or are they raised differently for eating purposes?

[21TonyK]

Miguel Alvarez said:

Slight thread jack but I've always wondered. Are these regular pigeon you see in a town centre or are they raised differently for eating purposes?

Tend to be the big fat wood pigeons rather than the scrawny town birds.

Rare, seared breasts on puy lentils with confit tomato. Lovely.

[Bill]

Town birds are originally cliff dwelling rock pigeons aiui.

[zoom star]

Years ago I used to do a lot of wood pigeon decoying,my mate started taking a small camping cooker,when we shot a few, we would cut out the breasts,and coat with flour and fry with a bit of butter, we had them for lunch during the day decoying.
He started the same, when we went out on his boat, sea fishing, frying practically still flapping fish, (not really)but not long departed fish, with thick bread and butter.
Simple but very delicious.