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    Wood pigeon and pancetta risotto with black truffle and parmesan shavings.

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    Post  Admin Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:55 pm


    30 mins to 1 hour
    preparation time
    1 to 2 hours
    cooking time
    Serves 4


    Ingredients
    For the pigeon
    3 wood pigeons, plucked and gutted

    sea salt and crushed black pepper

    2 tsp Dijon mustard

    pinch fennel seeds

    2 sprigs thyme, leaves only

    3 juniper berries, crushed

    2 garlic cloves, crushed

    1 bay leaf

    30g/1oz butter

    For the stock
    2 tbsp vegetable oil

    1 celery stick, roughly chopped

    1 carrot, roughly chopped

    2 shallots, chopped

    200ml/7fl oz red wine, preferably Barolo

    500ml/18fl oz game stock

    500ml/18fl oz chicken stock

    For the risotto
    50g/1¾oz diced pancetta

    25g/1oz butter

    1 medium shallot, finely chopped

    250g/9oz Arborio rice, preferably organic

    100g/3½oz parmesan cheese, finely grated

    For the sauce
    150ml/5fl oz stock

    splash reserved red wine

    30g/1oz cold butter, cubed

    sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

    To garnish
    1 black truffle, very finely sliced or shaved

    Cyprus salt, or sea salt flakes

    Preparation method
    1.Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Remove the breasts from the birds, season with crushed black pepper and sea salt and set aside.

    2.Place the pigeon carcasses in a roasting tin and season with the mustard, fennel seeds, thyme, juniper berries and garlic. Tuck the bay leaf into the cavity of one of the birds then roast them in the oven for 30 minutes.

    3.To make the stock, heat the oil in a large saucepan and brown the celery, carrot and shallots. Add the roasted carcasses and a splash of the wine and cook for three minutes, and set aside the roasting tin to make the sauce later. Add the game and chicken stocks to the saucepan with most of the remaining wine, reserving a little wine for the sauce and the risotto, and leave to simmer for 45 minutes. Strain the stock into a clean pan, measure 150ml/5fl oz of the stock and set aside for the sauce.

    4.For the risotto, place the pancetta in a dry pan and cook over a medium to high heat until crisp. Add the butter and shallot and cook gently until the shallots are soft. Add the rice and stir well for about three minutes, then add a splash of the wine and stir until the wine is absorbed.

    5.Add the stock, ladle by ladle, stirring all the time, and cook for about 15 minutes, or until the rice is cooked but still has a slight bite. When the rice is cooked, add the parmesan and leave aside to rest for 2-3 minutes.

    6.Meanwhile, cook the pigeon breasts in the butter in a very hot frying pan for 2-3 minutes on each side. Remove from the pan and leave to rest in a warm place.

    7.For the sauce, deglaze the roasting tin with a splash of the reserved wine. Add 150ml/5fl oz of the stock, reduce and season. Gradually whisk in the cold cubes of butter to form an emulsion and season, to taste, with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

    8.Just before serving, heat a little butter in a clean frying pan and re-fry the pigeon breasts with a little chopped thyme for 2-3 minutes, then remove from the pan and slice each breast in two. Place the risotto in four deep plates. Top each with three slices of pigeon followed by the sauce. Finely shave the parmesan and black truffles and scatter on the side of the plate with Cyprus salt or sea salt flakes.

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