Chapter XVII · Roasts and Salads · No. 1979
1979—Grives et Merles de Corse (Thrushes and Corsican Blackbirds)
Truss them, and wrap them in slices of bacon. Insert a juniper berry into the thrushes. Roast before a moderately fierce fire for ten or twelve minutes, and dish on small cushions of fried bread.
Serve a very short gravy separately.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1979, p. 614. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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