Warm pigeon, cherries and pistachio salad
Ingredients
- 3 pigeons
- 2 or 3 different types of salad or lettuce for a nice colour mix (crispy salad, red lettuce…)
- 2 big fistfuls of cherries
- 4 slices of bread
- 3 tbsp balsamic glaze
- olive oil
- thyme
- salt and pepper
For the seasoning:
- Handful of pistachio
- 1 tsp. agave syrup or honey
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2tbsp. finely chopped parsley
- 3 tbsp. olive oil
Preparation
1
Preheat the oven at 180°C. roughly cut the bread in dices of 2-3 cm. place them on a roasting tin, sprinkle some olive oil and thyme. Place the pigeons over it. Salt and pepper and a good trickle of olive oil.
2
Place in the oven for 40 minutes.
3
When cooked, remove the tin from the oven and halve them by cutting through lengthwise.
4
Pit the cherries. Gently heat them in a pan with the balsamic vinegar for a few minutes. Set aside.
5
For the seasoning: pound the pistachios with a pestle then mix with all the other ingredients mentioned above and a pinch of salt and pepper to finish.
6
Before serving, heat your pigeons in the pan where you cooked to cherries for a couple of minutes.
7
In a large plate, lay your salad first, then the bread, cherries and pigeons. Pour your seasoning over the top.
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Added:
Friday, September 2, 2011 - 3:36am
