A Book of Mediterranean Food

Poultry and Game N.B. – Further recipes for poultry and game will be found in the chapter on Cold Food Alcobaca * * * * * * * * ...

was irresistible; the three prelates led the way to, I verily believe, the most distinguished temple of gluttony in all Europe. ...

one side, loads of game and venison were heaped up; on the other, vegetables and fruit in endless variety. Beyond a long line of ...

Priors, were standing by in the full glee of witnessing these hospitable preparations, as well pleased, and as much flushed, as ...

Rub the chicken over with salt, pepper, and lemon juice, insert a piece of lemon peel in the inside of the bird. Boil with the v ...

SHERKASIYA (Circassian Chicken) 1 chicken, 3 oz each of shelled walnuts, almonds and hazel nuts, rice, paprika and cayenne to ta ...

pour it over the rice. POLLO IN PADELLA CON PEPERONI Cut a chicken into 6 pieces. Brown them in a braising pan with olive oil, 2 ...

pan with ½ lb of tomatoes roughly chopped and a pinch of basil. When the tomatoes are cooked the dish is ready. A few slices of ...

and cook very gently in the oven for about an hour and a half. The onions must not brown, but melt gradually almost to a purée, ...

whenever possible I think that chickens should always be cooked whole to preserve the flavour and juices, and carved into joints ...

The flavour of roast duck is much improved if the cleaned bird is first put into a pan over a hot fire until most of the fat has ...

fill the interior with the following stuffing. About 20 fine mushrooms, chopped very finely with the liver of the goose, a pinch ...

basted almost continuously while it is roasting with this butter, in order that it may be completely penetrated with the savour ...

bouquet garni, and two partridges, cleaned and trussed as for roasting. Fill up the pan to the height of the partridges with pee ...

birds; wrap the stuffed partridges in bacon and roast, basting with butter. LES PERDREAUX À LA PROVENÇALE Another recipe for tho ...

made tomato purée or a tablespoon of concentrated tomato paste diluted with stock or water. Cover the pan and cook gently for 1½ ...

the Turks (and anyone else who seemed suitable prey) during their 200 years’ occupation of Greece – the original Resistance Move ...

placed in an earthen pot, narrowing at the top, called a stamna. This pot is then laid on its side in a hollow dug at the edge o ...

PIGEONS À LA ROMANAISE Prepare the pigeons as for roasting. Tie each one in a rasher of bacon and a slice of lemon peel. Put the ...

saucepan and stir in 1 oz of butter and the yolks of 2 eggs. Stir continuously as for a sauce béarnaise. When it has thickened p ...