14 Dove Puttach

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 14 doves, plucked, gutted, cut in half, toenails trimmed
• oz.bottle red wine
• cajun sausage (optional)
• 3 small onions, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons rosemary, chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaf
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato paste
• 3/4 cup diced tomato

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 250*f.
• 2 brown the meat in a medium, oven-safe pot in a small amount of oil. once the meat is well browned deglaze with the wine and add the remaining ingredients.
• 3 put the whole pot in the oven and braise it for 2 hours, then for 2 more hours at 300 degrees. you are left with some red very saucy puttach that is delightful. serve it over pasta or good bread to lap up all the juices.
• 4 my note:.