Or then again, it also sounds like av come in from t'pit and said summat along lines of "Eey up love I've found yon pigeon, get t'oven on".
Anyways..... A pigeon winked at me in the butcher's on saturday. Which is hard for a dead bird. £2.50 and my curiosity was roused; I don't think I've ever eaten pigeon before. I've certainly not cooked it before. So, off to my cookbook of choice - Mr google he say, plenty of salt, pepper and very hot oven for 15 minutes.
So, here it is. I thought I'd re-use the baking tray from my morning bacon, for a bit of extra salty lardy goodness. The preparation here amounted to get tray, plonk bird on tray and season.
Oh, the devil will find work for idle hands to do. I stole to the fridge and spied some black pudding. Because no one asked me to. I'll stop now, oh-ho-oh.
So, for the Black pudding cakes. I was the the midst of cooking a curry, so taking from that:
- Half an onion, 1 clove garlic, 1 chilli chopped and fried
- Two rounds of Bury Black pudding
- Two medium to small potatoes boiled
Obviously, I was just making up how I should cook these. And here they come:
If this looks like I'd just slapped this on a plate, you'd be mostly right; they fell apart somewhat when I tried to take them off the tray. I very much liked the taste of the blackpudding cakes. However, they didn't get the crispy edges I'd hoped the hot oven would produce. Next time I do these I'll coat then in flour or breadcrumbs and fry them to get some crispyness going on.
The pigeon, I just sliced in half. This proved 15 minutes was not nearly enough. If I had had breadcrumbs on the Blackpudding then it might still have been interested in a quick peck. Swiftly back in to the oven for another 5 minutes, and the pigeon was still pretty rare. And the verdict is, I 'appen t'like pigeon.
I shall cease and desist with this ecky thumpness now.
I have to say the black pudding thingy looks ... well, I shouldn't say because i'm a nice boy... but the bird... wow, looks great... love a bit of pigeon... makes a great stew.... very good of you to be so brave! Bravo!
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't the prettiest was it? - But I promise it did taste good; my lad wuffed it back and I've never got Black dack past him before.
ReplyDeleteNext time, I'll make it look nice, promise.
Ee by gum! I have tried pigeon but it's not on my list of favourites. A rat with feathers? I like the sound of the black pudding cake though.
ReplyDeleteI've never tried pigeon before :\ but I do love "black pudding mash", I think I will make it into these patties next time I do it!
ReplyDeleteSee Dom - Someone; Catherine likes my Blackpudding cakes! Thanks Catherine.
ReplyDeleteKath: I'm surprised you don't like a bit of pigeon.
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Bet it was so tasty and black pudd with pigeon is something I haven't tried - yet! This is so funny since I've just posted something on black pudding after being in Scotland and just love pigeon. Great way on keeping the city clean, eh? :-)
ReplyDeleteI've lived and learned looking at your blog Jill - Scottish blackpudding, in a sauce. It's all going on! Looks very interesting.
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