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- From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes,rec.food.cooking
- Subject: Pan-Roasted Squab with Salsify
- Date: 7 Dec 1994 15:21:53 -0500
- Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- Message-ID: <199412060709.AA265777752@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
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- PAN-ROASTED SQUAB WITH SALSIFY
- Four servings
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- 4 squab (substitute Cornish game hens if squab are unavailable)
- 1 large carrot, diced
- 2 ribs celery, diced
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 quarts chicken stock or reduced-salt broth
- 1 branch fresh thyme, or 1/4 teaspoon dried
- 3 large shallots, diced
- 1/4 pound bing cherries, pits removed
- 1 cup red wine
- Salt and pepper
- 1/2 pound salsify (substitute parsnips)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice or white vinegar
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 bunches fresh spinach
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- 1. Heat oven to 450 degrees. Cut (or have the butcher cut) legs and breast
- meat with wings attached from the carcass of each squab. Cut off wing tips.
- Cover breast and leg pieces and refrigerate. Place carcasses and wing tips
- in a roasting pan and cook in the oven until well browned.
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- 2. Add diced carrot, celery and onion to the pan and continue to roast
- until vegetables are soft. Reserve 3/4 cup of chicken stock and add the
- remainder to the pan along with the thyme. Lower heat to 375 degrees and
- simmer stock for 2 to 3 hours. Strain through a fine sieve. There should be
- about 4 cups of strained stock. If there is more, pour the stock into a
- saucepan and boil atop the stove until reduced to 4 cups.
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- 3. In a saucepan, cook shallots in 1 tablespoon butter until softened. Add
- cherries and cover with red wine. Raise heat and boil wine until almost
- completely evaporated. Add strained squab stock and cook at a brisk simmer
- until reduced to sauce consistency, about 2 cups. This will take an hour or
- more. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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- (Recipe may be done ahead to this point. Let sauce cool, cover surface with
- plastic wrap and refrigerate. Return squab and sauce to room temperature
- before continuing.)
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- 4. Peel salsify, placing peeled stalks in water with 2 tablespoons lemon
- juice or white vinegar. Slice salsify crosswise into thin rounds and dry on
- paper towels. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large sauce pan. Add salsify
- and turn to coat with butter. Add 1/2 cup reserved stock and simmer until
- salsify is tender. Keep warm.
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- 5. Return oven to 450 degrees. Place remaining 2 tablespoons butter and 1
- tablespoon oil in an oven-proof skillet large enough to hold the squab
- pieces in a single layer. (If necessary, use 2 skillets.) Brown pieces on
- all sides, then remove breast pieces. Place skillet in the oven and cook
- legs for 5 minutes. Add breast meat and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, or until
- medium rare. Remove from oven and let meat rest, loosely covered for about
- 5 minutes. (If using Cornish game hens, cook until completely done.)
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- 6. Meanwhile, return salsify to the heat. Add spinach and remaining 1/4
- cup stock, cover pan and steam, tossing once or twice, until spinach is
- completely wilted. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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- 7. Make a bed of spinach and salsify in the center of each plate. Pour or
- spoon cherry sauce around the spinach bed and arrange 2 squab breasts and 2
- legs atop sauce on each plate. Serve with a sangiovese wine such as Atlas
- Peak.
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